cioj

See also: ĉioj

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • ceoj (dialectal)
  • cheoj (Saxton)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *tiodi (“man, attractive”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tihoyi (“man, attractive”).[2]

Cognate with Southeastern Tepehuan chioꞌñ and Central Tarahumara rijoy.

Noun

cioj (plural cecioj, possessive ciojij)

  1. young man, male, boy
  2. (by extension, specifically) young man working for someone

Derived terms

  • cioj 'ali (“son”)
  • cioj 'alidag (“son (of a man)”)
  • cioj maḍ (“son (of a woman)”)
  • cioj ve꞉nag (“brother”)
  • cioj-cucul (“young rooster”)
  • ciojcud (“to become/transition to a man”)
  • ciojim (“generously, magnanimously”)
  • ciojpa (“gay man”)
  • ciojpadag (“homosexuality”)
  • ciojt (“to become a young man”)
  • ciojtag (“manliness, bravery, manhood”)
  • ciojḍag, ciojig (“to be masculine”)
  • si cioj (“brave man, manly male”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “221. *ˈtiodi 'man, attractive,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 148
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1417. *tihoyi ‘man, attractive’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 245
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 94–5
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “cheoj”, 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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