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Cahita, n. and a.
Brit. |kəˈhiːtə|, U.S. |kəˈhidə|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: 18– Cahita, 19– Cáhita
[‹ Mexican Spanish cahíta (1737 or earlier as adjective), probably > adj. and n.1).]
A. n.
1. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by a North American Indian people of central Mexico.
1858W. W. Turner in H. E. Ludewig Lit. Amer. Aboriginal Lang. 214 A portion is in Spanish and Cahita, very useful for studying the construction of the language. 1909A. L. Kroeber Notes on Shoshonean Dial. S. Calif. 266 Certain ‘Piman’ languages of Sonora show objective case-suffixes, such as the -e of Cahita. 1959Ethnohistory 6 116 It is clear that Luisa was able to speak Cahita and Pima. 2005Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 29 May g3, I found out that words I had heard all my life in Tijuana were actually Cahita.
2. A member of the North American Indian people who speak this language.
1874A. H. Sayle Princ. Compar. Philol. vii. 260 This is the most customary usage of the Cahita, where mama means ‘hand’ and ‘hands’. 1884Amer. Naturalist 18 1066 This pamphlet..confirms the opinions of the linguists as to the relationship of the Opatas and Tarahumaras, but not with reference to the Pimas, Cahitas, and Tépéhuanes. 1940A. G. Day Coronado's Quest iv. 82 On the dangerous road ahead lived the..the warlike Cahita of the Yaqui and Mayo valleys. 1997C. Radding Wandering Peoples ix. 268 The second quarter of the century saw..open rebellion by Cáhitas, Pimas and Opatas who opposed the radical changes..imposed by Mexican state authorities.
B. adj. Of or relating to the Cahita or their language.
1876tr. O. Peschel Races of Man 435 He paid special attention to the phonetic system..of the Tarahumara, Tepeguna, Cora, and Cahita languages. 1945R. L. Beals Contemp. Culture Cáhita Indians 14 Except for a few seacoast dwellers, fish are not now an important Cáhita food source. 1971J. H. Kelley in R. Moisés et al. Tall Candle Introd. p. xii, The early Spanish name for Cahita territory was Petatlan. 2002D. Yetman & T. R. Van Devender Mayo Ethnobotany iii. 47 Their intransigence thus began a period of resistance to Mexican control of Cáhita lands. |