ki꞉

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ki"

O'odham

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *kii (house),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kiC (house).[2]

Noun

ki꞉ (plural ki꞉kĭ)

  1. house, home
  2. (by extension) wall

Derived terms

  • cicvikuḍ-ki꞉ (playland house)
  • ci꞉no-ki꞉ (outhouse, literally China house)
  • ge'e-ki꞉ (meeting house, literally big house)
  • ikus-ki꞉ (tent)
  • je꞉ñ-ki꞉, jeñikuḍ-ki꞉, je꞉ñgidakuḍ-ki꞉ (meeting house, literally big house)
  • ki꞉-bidṣpaḍag (to cover a house (of walls))
  • ki꞉-cucṣadam (fireman)
  • ki꞉-ma'iṣpaḍag (roof)
  • ki꞉-mehidag (ruins of a burnt house)
  • ki꞉-vakus, ki꞉-vakusḍag, ki꞉-vakusim (?)
  • ki꞉-vakust (to make a floor)
  • ki꞉c'eḍ-vakus, ki꞉c'eḍ-vakusim (rug)
  • ki꞉dag (daily life, standard of living)
  • ki꞉him (village, town)
  • ki꞉himag (to be a village/town (in one location))
  • ki꞉jig, ki꞉jeg (doorway, front/entrance door)
  • ki꞉jigko, ki꞉jego (in the doorway)
  • ki꞉jigt, ki꞉jegt (to make a doorway)
  • ki꞉kam (inhabitant)
  • ki꞉mdag (neighbourhood)
  • ki꞉ta (house being built)
  • ki꞉tadam (house builder)
  • ko'i haki꞉ (mortuary, funeral home, literally dead house)
  • kokdaikuḍ-ki꞉ (slaughterhouse)
  • kokdam haki꞉ (hospital, literally sick house)
  • lial-ki꞉ (bank, literally money house)
  • miabidc ki꞉kam (next-door neighbour)
  • tokdhoḍ-ki꞉ (cobweb, literally spider house)
  • ve꞉m-ki꞉kam, ve꞉m-ki꞉kamt (living companion)

Verb

ki꞉ (plural ki꞉)

  1. to live, to dwell, to reside

Derived terms

  • ha'icukaj ki꞉dag (to live on/by means of something)
  • ki꞉cud (to build a house for someone)
  • ki꞉dag (to live somewhere)
  • ki꞉kam (to be living somewhere)
  • ki꞉kamcud (to become a permanent resident)
  • ki꞉kig (to be full of houses (in one location))
  • ki꞉kĭ, ki꞉k (to live (in many places))
  • ki꞉mk, ki꞉m (to be homesick)
  • ki꞉t (to build)
  • ki꞉tas (to be built)
  • s'ap ki꞉dag (to live well/respectably)
  • ve꞉m ki꞉dag (to live with someone)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “137. *ˈkii 'house, home,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 141
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1214a. *kiC ‘house’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 218
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 392–6
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “kih”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 32