nanakmel

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • nanakumal

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *nanakamïri (“bats”, plural),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *na~nakamïLi (“bat”, via reduplication, literally “running ears”).[2]

Noun

nanakmel

  1. a bat (flying mammals of the order Chiroptera)

Derived terms

  • nanakmelig, nanakmelag (“to be full of bats (in one location)”)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “164b. *naˈnakamɨri 'bat,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 143
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “127. *nakamïLi 'bat, lit: ‘ears-run’ or ‘running ears’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 70
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 84
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “nanakumal”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 44
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