'o'odham

'O'odham O'odham Alternative forms ood o'odham common omission of initial pre-vocalic glottal stop in writing ood o'othham Saxton Etymology From Proto-Tepiman und *ʼoʼodahami person, Native,157 325. *ˀoˀoˈdahami 'person, Indian people,' from ood azc-pro *otami *oʼ~otami man, person via reduplication,246 1419. *otami (< *wVtam?) ‘man, person’ with characteristic sound change of Uto-Aztecan azc-pro *t > Tepiman und *d intervocalically. The root azc-pro *otam- appears to be shared with other Uto-Aztecan languages; c.f. nci otomih Otomi. Pronunciation ood [ˈɔʔɔd̪ɦam] Noun ood noun plural 'o''odham person, adult human ood 'Am hema 'ep 'a꞉'ad g 'o'odham 'ep. They sent another person. Verb ood verb plural 'o''odham ood stative to be a person, adult human ood Heg 'o s'ap uḍ 'o'odham. S/he is a good person. ood Hegam 'o s'ap uḍ 'o'odham. They are good people. Adverb ood adverb human, manlike, personal of or relating to people Derived terms ood 'O'odham<t:member of the O'odham people> 'o'odham apethag<t:human rights> 'o'odhamag<t:village, settlement> 'o'odhamcud<t:to become an adult man> 'o'odhamga<t:to be someone's people> da꞉m-ka꞉cim-'o'odham<t:angel> gavul ma꞉s 'o'odham<t:nation, people> gogs-'o'odham<t:monkey><lit:dog person> s'o'odham<t:of man, of human being> vabṣ 'o'odham<t:local, commoner> vabṣ ge 'o'odham<t:stranger> References II 514–5 'o'odham 48 ood People