hu'ul

See also: huul

O'odham

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *huʼuri (“maternal grandmother”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *suʼu (“maternal grandmother”).[2]

Noun

hu'ul (plural huhu'ul, possessive hu'ulij)

  1. maternal grandmother (mother's mother)
    Coordinate terms: ba꞉b, ka꞉k, vosk
  2. (by extension) maternal great-aunt (mother's mother's elder sister)

Derived terms

  • hu'ul 'oks, hu'uloks, hu'ulo'okĭ (“maternal great-aunt”)
  • hu'ul keli, hu'ul kekel (“maternal great-uncle”)
  • hu'ul-na꞉gĭ (“moth”, literally “maternal grandmother's skirt”)
  • hu'ulbaḍ (“deceased maternal grandfather/maternal great-aunt”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “83. *ˈhuˀuri 'mother's mother,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 136
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1051. *su’u ‘maternal grandmother’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 196
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 309
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “hu'ul”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 25
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