'uvĭ

See also: uvi, uvi', and uvĭ

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • 'uwĭ
  • uwi (Saxton)
  • uvĭ, uwĭ (common omission of initial pre-vocalic glottal stop in writing)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *ʼuvi (“girl, female”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *hupi (“woman, wife”).[2]

Noun

'uvĭ (plural 'u'uvĭ, possessive 'uviga)

  1. woman, female; particularly from first menstruation to menopause
  2. (men's speech) sister, female cousin (term of address)
  3. (dialectal, 'A꞉ngam, Kuhadk, Pima) daughter

Usage notes

The term refers specifically to women between puberty and menopause. For females before puberty, cehia (“girl”) is used, while 'oks (“old woman”) refers to women after menopause.

Verb

'uvĭ (plural 'u'uvĭ) (stative)

  1. to be a woman, female
    Heg 'o paḍ uḍ 'uvĭ.
    She is a bad girl.

Derived terms

  • 'uvi ve꞉nag (“sister, female cousin”)
  • 'uvi-gogs (“bitch, female dog”)
  • 'uvi-gogs ṣoiga (“female dog (as pet)”)
  • 'uvi-ma꞉kai (“medicine woman, female doctor”)
  • 'uvidag (“daughter (dialectal)”)
  • 'uviga (“to have a sister (of a man)”)
  • 'uvimk (“to be a womaniser”)
  • 'uvimkam (“womaniser”)
  • 'uvĭ 'ali (“daughter”)
  • 'uvĭ 'alidag, 'uvi maḍ (“daughter (male speech)”)
  • 'uvĭ si꞉s (“older sister”)
  • 'uvĭ ṣe꞉pij (“younger sister, female cousin”)
  • 'uvĭ-cucul (“young hen”)
  • 'uvĭcud (“to become/transition to a woman”)
  • 'uvĭkaj (“effeminate, womanlike”)
  • 'uvĭkvaḍ (“transgender woman (born as male), effeminate male”)
  • 'uvĭkvaḍag (“to be transgender, effeminate”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “332. *ˀuˈvi 'girl, female,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 157
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “2572a. *hupi 'woman, wife'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 392
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 538–9
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “uwi”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 60
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