kahio

O'odham

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *kahi (“thigh”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kapsi (“thigh”).[2]

False cognate of Indonesian kaki.

Noun

kahio (plural kakio)

  1. (anatomy) leg

Derived terms

  • Hohogĭ Kakiokam (“One with Leather Legs (nickname)”)
  • kahio vuḍakuḍ (“garter”)
  • kahiobin (“to cross, to intersect (legs, road, etc.)”)
  • kahiobinc, kahiobins (“to be crossed, to be intersected (legs, road, etc.)”)
  • kahiogid (“to move/shake one's leg”)
  • kahiokam (“one with a leg”)
  • kahiova (“to bump one's leg (against something)”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “92a. *ˈkahi 'thigh,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 137
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “939. *kapsi ‘thigh’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 182
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 347–8
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “kahio”, 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.