ka꞉k

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kak"

O'odham

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kak (“grandparent”).[1]

Noun

ka꞉k (plural ka꞉ka'a, possessive ka꞉kaj)

  1. paternal grandmother (father's mother)
    Coordinate terms: ba꞉b, hu'ul, vosk
  2. (by extension) paternal great-aunt (father's mother's elder sister)

Derived terms

  • ka꞉k 'oks (“paternal great-aunt”)
  • ka꞉k keli (“paternal great-uncle”)
  • ka꞉kamḍam (“pair of paternal grandmother and grandchild”)
  • ka꞉kbaḍ (“deceased paternal grandmother/great-aunt”)
  • ka꞉kmaḍ (“uterine grandchild, fraternal niece's child”)
  • ka꞉kmaḍ-ha-je꞉j (“woman's daughter-in-law/mother-in-law”)
  • ka꞉kmḍam (“one with a grandchild”)

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1050a. *kak / *ka’ ‘grandparent’”, 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, pages 372–3
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “kahk”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 29
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