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Tohono O'odham, a. and n. orig. U.S.
Brit. |təˌhəʊnəʊ ˈɔːtəm|, |təˌhəʊnəʊ ˈəʊtəm|, U.S. |təˌhoʊnoʊ ˈoʊd(ə)m|, |təˌhoʊnoʊ ˈɑd(ə)m|
Plural unchanged
Forms: 19– Tohono au'autam, 19– Tohono O'odam, 19– Tohono O'odham, 19– Tohono O'odhan, 19– Tohono O'odom, 19– Tohono O'otham, 19– Tohono O'otom; The second element of these forms also occurs with an upper-case O following the apostrophe, and with no apostrophe.
[‹ Pima-Papago tóhonoˀóˀdham desert people (in official practical orthography Tohono O'odham).]
A. adj. Of, relating to, or designating an American Indian people of the desert regions of Arizona and Sonora in the south-western United States and northern Mexico; = Papago adj.
1986Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 5 Mar. 16/2 Miles..was shot..on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation along the US–Mexico border. 1987Amer. Anthropologist 89 62 The Upper Piman..folk genus 'ihug corresponds exactly to those species in the scientific genus Proboscidea found within the traditional range of Nevomé Pima, Akimel O'odham and Tohono O'odham speakers. 1991G. E. Tinker & L. Bush in G. W. Shepherd & D. Penna Racism & Underclass vii. 124 At least half of Pima County is Tohono O'otom reservation land. 1998Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 13 Sept. a32 The ancestors of the Tohono Oodham Indians probably got much of their nutrition from mesquite pods. 2000Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 84 112/1 Ofelia Zepeda,..a Tohono O'odham linguist and poet,..was recognized..for ‘her singular work in advancing the field of native language scholarship’.
B. n.
1. A member of the Tohono O'odham people; = Papago n. 1.
This is the preferred self-designation of this people. The tribe is federally recognized in the United States as the Tohono O'odham Nation.
[1949R. B. Spicer in A. Joseph et al. Desert People i. 3 The Papago call themselves tohono au'autam, ‘the Desert People’.] 1987Amer. Anthropologist 89 60 Why might the Akimel O'odham and the Tohono O'odham have turned to devil's claw cultivation during historic times? 1987Washington Post 21 Apr. a12/2 Rain, humidity or high winds can close the telescopes and the scientists, known by the Tohono O'Otham as ‘the men with the long eyes’, are not given to postponements. 1992Anthropol. & Educ. Q. 23 113 Among the Tohono O'odham, girls learn to cook fry bread by watching their mothers and grandmothers. 1998Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 46 538 (footnote) Professor Thomas was a Cherokee who married a Tohono O'odham.
2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Tohono O'odham people, a form of Pima; = Papago n. 2.
1992Wicazo Sa Rev. 8 70 He would plan out the ideas, speak the article in Papago (or Tohono O'odham) into a tape recorder, and send the tape to me. 1993L. Hinton in N. J. Parezo Hidden Scholars 251 Notable American Indian women who specialize in southwestern languages include Ofelia Zepeda (Tohono O'Odham), Laverne Jeane (Hopi), [etc.]. 2005Tucson (Arizona) Citizen (Nexis) 2 July 1 a, Mike Wilson..read prayers of blessing in Tohono O'odham during the two-hour service. |