taṣ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tas"

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • tash (Saxton, Akimel)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *tasai (sun, day),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taʼa (sun).[2]

Cognate with Mayo taaꞌa and Yaqui taáʼa.

Noun

taṣ (plural tatṣ)

  1. sun, Sun
  2. day
  3. (by extension) clock, watch

Derived terms

  • 'id 'i taṣkaj (today)
  • ce꞉gig taṣ, piast taṣ (feast day)
  • ge taṣ (all day long)
  • gḍ hu hema 'i taṣkaj (two days ago)
  • ha'icu taṣ (holiday)
  • hemako taṣ 'ab (per day)
  • Hualubĭ taṣga (Guadalupe's Feastday)
  • ma꞉sidag-taṣ (birthday)
  • taṣ 'eḍ (during/throughout the day)
  • taṣ 'oidam (all through the day)
  • taṣ sisvodag, taṣ sisvoda (?)
  • taṣ-himdag (sunrays (at sunset or sunrise))
  • taṣ-ma꞉hag (blue lupine)
  • taṣ-ma꞉hagag (to be full of blue lupines (in one location))
  • taṣga (to have a clock/watch)
  • taṣkaj (day)
  • taṣkta (meat pieces drying in the sun)
  • taṣo (clearly, plainly)
  • taṣogid (to explain something to somebody)
  • ves taṣ, ves taṣkaj (every day)

See also

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “218. *ˈtasai 'sun, day,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 148
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “2230b. *taʼa / *ta- '(day)light, sun'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 348
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary[2], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 226–8
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “tash”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, pages 56–7
  • Zepeda, Ofelia (1982), mat hekid o ju, 2019 edition, volume 7, Sun Tracks, →ISBN, page 12