mawid

O'odham

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *mavidi, *mavida (“puma”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mawiya (“mountain lion”).[2]

Noun

mawid (plural maipid or mamvid)

  1. cougar, puma, mountain lion (Puma concolor)

Derived terms

  • mavidag (“to be full of mountain lions (in one location)”)
  • mavidmaḍ (“lion cub”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “149. *maˈvidi~a 'puma,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 142
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1350. *mawiya ‘mtn lion’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 237
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 27
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “mawith”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 41
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