ha꞉ṣañ

O'odham

FWOTD – 13 November 2016

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *haasani (“saguaro cactus”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *sacani (“saguaro cactus”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːʂaɲ/

Noun

ha꞉ṣañ (plural hahaṣañ)

  1. saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)

Derived terms

  • ha꞉ṣañ-bahidag (“saguaro fruit”)
  • ha꞉ṣañ-bahidag maṣad (“July”, literally “month of the saguaro crop”)
  • ha꞉ṣañ-bahidagga (“to have a lot of saguaro fruit”)
  • ha꞉ṣañig (“to be full of saguaro cacti (in one location)”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “56. *haaˈsani 'giant cactus,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 134
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “350. *sacani 'saguaro cactus'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 104
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 220
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “hahshani”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 18
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