gevho

O'odham

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *gïwho, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wïpso (“bobcat”) (from possible earlier *wïpaso). The Proto-Uto-Aztecan form may have been formed from a fossilised prefix with *-pso, reduced from *-pVso or *-tpso.[1]

Noun

gevho (plural gegevho)

  1. bobcat, wildcat (Lynx rufus)

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1349b. *wïpso (< *wïpaso) ‘bobcat’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 236
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 153
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “gewho”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 15
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