to꞉bĭ

See also: tobi and tõbi

O'odham

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *toobi, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *topi (“cottontail rabbit”).[1]

Noun

to꞉bĭ (plural totobĭ)

  1. cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus)

Usage notes

Contrasts with the larger cu꞉vĭ (“jackrabbit”).

See also

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1755. *topi ‘cottontail rabbit’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 286
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 260
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “tohbi”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 59
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