do'ag

See also: doag

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • du'ag (dialectal)
  • tho'ag (Saxton)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *doʼagi, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *yohawi (“mountain”).[1]

Cognate with Pima Bajo do'agi.

Noun

do'ag (plural do꞉da'ag, locative do'agt'ab)

  1. mountain, peak, ridge
    An vag do'agt'aba'i.
    There is a hole in the mountain.

Derived terms

  • do'agag (“to be full of mountains (in one location)”)
  • do'agga (“to be somebody's mountain”)
  • do'agt'ab-ko꞉ji (“peccary, wild pig”)
  • Giho-Do'ag (“Carrying Basket Mountain (mountain name)”)

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1458. *yohawi ‘mountain’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 252
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 152–3
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “tho'ag”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 58
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