'o'odham

See also: 'O'odham

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • o'odham (common omission of initial pre-vocalic glottal stop in writing)
  • o'othham (Saxton)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *ʼoʼodahami (“person, Native”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *oʼ~otami (“man, person”, via reduplication),[2] with characteristic sound change of Uto-Aztecan *t > Tepiman *d intervocalically. The root *otam- appears to be shared with other Uto-Aztecan languages; c.f. Classical Nahuatl otomih (“Otomi”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔʔɔd̪ɦam]

Noun

'o'odham (plural 'o''odham)

  1. person, adult human
    'Am hema 'ep 'a꞉'ad g 'o'odham 'ep.
    They sent another person.

Verb

'o'odham (plural 'o''odham) (stative)

  1. to be a person, adult human
    Heg 'o s'ap uḍ 'o'odham.
    S/he is a good person.
    Hegam 'o s'ap uḍ 'o'odham.
    They are good people.

Adverb

'o'odham

  1. human, manlike, personal (of or relating to people)

Derived terms

  • 'O'odham (“member of the O'odham people”)
  • 'o'odham apethag (“human rights”)
  • 'o'odhamag (“village, settlement”)
  • 'o'odhamcud (“to become an adult man”)
  • 'o'odhamga (“to be someone's people”)
  • da꞉m-ka꞉cim-'o'odham (“angel”)
  • gavul ma꞉s 'o'odham (“nation, people”)
  • gogs-'o'odham (“monkey”, literally “dog person”)
  • s'o'odham (“of man, of human being”)
  • vabṣ 'o'odham (“local, commoner”)
  • vabṣ ge 'o'odham (“stranger”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “325. *ˀoˀoˈdahami 'person, Indian people,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 157
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1419. *otami (< *wVtam?) ‘man, person’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 246
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 514–5
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “'o'odham”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 48
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