cehia

See also: Cehia

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • chehia (Saxton)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *tïhia (“young girl”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïhia (“girl”).[2]

Noun

cehia (plural ceccia, possessive cehiagaj)

  1. girl, particularly prepubescent
  2. daughter

Usage notes

Used specifically for females before puberty, contrasting with 'uvĭ (“woman”) which refers to females from first menstruation to menopause and 'oks (“old woman”) after menopause.

Derived terms

  • 'alicu cehia (“youngest daughter”)
  • cehiaga (“to have a girl/daughter”)
  • ceiḍogĭ (“young girl (term of address)”)
  • ge'ecu cehia (“oldest daughter”)
  • si s-ap cehia (“virgin”)

Verb

cehia (plural ceccia) (stative)

  1. to be a girl
    Matṣ hebi o ḍ abṣ si cehiak 'an o 'i vu꞉ṣ.
    The fact that sometimes she comes out [of her house] being just a very young girl.

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “238a. *tɨˈhia 'young girl,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 150
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “2577. *tïhia / *tïkia 'girl'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 393
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 61–2
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “chehia”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 8
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