cu꞉vĭ

O'odham

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *suwi (“jackrabbit”).[1]

Noun

cu꞉vĭ

  1. jackrabbit (Lepus)

Usage notes

Contrasts with the smaller to꞉bĭ (“cottontail rabbit”).

Derived terms

  • cuk-cu꞉vĭ (“black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)”)
  • Cu꞉v-Ku'adam (“Rabbit Eaters (nickname for a group)”)
  • cu꞉vi-vu꞉pui (“buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima)”, literally “jackrabbit eyes”)
  • Cu꞉vĭ 'i Ge꞉ṣk (“Where a Rabbit Fell (village name)”)
  • cu꞉vĭ-taḍpo (“purple owl's clover (Castilleja exserta)”, literally “jackrabbit foot hair”)
  • cu꞉vĭ-vu꞉ipo (“fairy duster (Calliandra eriophylla)”, literally “jackrabbit eyelash”)
  • toha-cu꞉vĭ (“white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)”)

See also

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1759. *su’i / *suwi ‘jackrabbit’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 287
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 122–3
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “chuhwi”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, pages 10–1
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