taḏai

O'odham

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

taḏai (distributive tataḏai)

  1. roadrunner, especially greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)

Derived terms

  • taḏaig (“to be full of roadrunners (in many locations)”)

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1823. *taLu ‘roadrunner’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 296
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 220
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “tadai”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 56
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