ba꞉b

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • ba'a (dialectal)
  • ba'ali, babi꞉ (informal)
  • bahb, bahbi (Saxton)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *baaba (“maternal grandfather”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kwa~kwaʼa (“maternal grandfather”, via reduplication).[2]

Noun

ba꞉b (plural ba꞉ba'a or ba꞉bab, possessive ba꞉baj)

  1. maternal grandfather (mother's father)
    Coordinate terms: hu'ul, ka꞉k, vosk
  2. (by extension) maternal great-uncle (mother's father's elder brother)

Derived terms

  • ba꞉b 'oks, ba꞉boks, ba꞉bo'okĭ (“maternal great-aunt”)
  • ba꞉bamḍam (“pair of maternal grandfather and grandchild”)
  • ba꞉bkeli, ba꞉bkekel (“maternal great-uncle”)
  • ba꞉bmaḍ (“uterine grandchild, fraternal niece's child”)
  • ba꞉bmaḍ-'o'og (“son-in-law; father-in-law, paternal uncle-in-law”)
  • ba꞉bmaḍkam (“one with a grandchild”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “1. *ˈbaaba 'mother's father,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 130
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1047. *kwa’a ‘maternal grandfather’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 195
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 22–5
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “bahb”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 5
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