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hia c-ed o'odham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
hi-a c-ed o'od-ham
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of Native Americans who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona and northwestern Mexico; closely related to the Tohono O'odham.

Etymology

From O'odham hia (“sand”) + -c'eḑ (“locative suffix”) + o'odham (“people”), thus "sand people".

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of O'odham terms

Frequently Paired Words

Pima Papago Wiktionary’s coverage of O'odham terms

Synonyms

Sand Papago

Questions

What does hia c-ed o'odham mean?
A group of Native Americans who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona and northwestern Mexico; closely related to the Tohono O'odham.
Where does hia c-ed o'odham come from?
From O'odham hia (“sand”) + -c'eḑ (“locative suffix”) + o'odham (“people”), thus "sand people".

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