gogs

O'odham

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *gogosi (“dog”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wo~woci (“dog”, via reduplication).[2]

Cognate with Southeastern Tepehuan gagoox and Northern Tepehuan gogóóxi.

Noun

gogs (plural gogogs)

  1. dog (Canis familiaris)
  2. (figurative, derogatory) shameless man

Derived terms

  • 'uvi-gogs (“bitch (female dog)”)
  • gogs 'o'odham, gogs-'o'odham (“monkey”, literally “dog person”)
  • gogs ma꞉maḍ (“litter of puppies”)
  • Gogs Me꞉k (“Topawa (village name)”, literally “where a dog burned”)
  • gogs-maḍ (“puppy (baby dog)”)
  • gogsga (“to have a dog”)
  • gogsig (“many dogs”)
  • gogsim (“like a dog, shamelessly”)
  • gogskadma (“to appear to be a dog”)
  • gogsma (“to act like a dog, to be shameless”)
  • gogsmakam (“one who is like a dog, one who is shameless”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “45a. *goˈgosi 'dog,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 133
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “694. *woci 'dog'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 149
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 192–3
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “gogs”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 17
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