je'e

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jee"

O'odham

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *dïʼïdï (“his/her mother”),[1], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *yïʼï (“mother, big”).[2] The Tepiman form could instead be from *daʼa +‎ *-dï, with the vowels further assimilated into *dïʼïdï, in turn from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *ya-.

Noun

je'e (plural je꞉j)

  1. mother
  2. (by extension) maternal aunt (mother's elder sister)
  3. (botany, in the plural) fruit-bearing plant (of specified fruit)

Derived terms

  • je'ebaḍ (“deceased mother”)
  • je'ekam (“single-limbed saguaro cactus”)
  • je'es 'oks, je'esoks, je'eso'okĭ (“maternal uncle's aunt”)
  • je'es, je'esĭ (“maternal uncle (mother's elder brother)”)
  • je'esbaḍ (“deceased maternal uncle”)
  • je'esim (“one with a maternal uncle”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “10. *ˈdaada 'mother,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 130
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1452a. *yï’ï / *yïC / *yïk (AMR) ‘mother, big’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 251
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 322–3
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “je'e”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 27
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