Tohono O'odham
/təˌhəʊnəʊ ˈɔːtəm/ /təˌhəʊnəʊ ˈəʊtəm/originally US
adjective
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.
noun
1A member of the Tohono O'odham people; = Papago.
- This is the preferred self-designation of this people. The tribe is federally recognized in the United States as the Tohono O'odham Nation..
2The Uto-Aztecan language of the Tohono O'odham people, a form of Pima; = Papago.
Origin
1980s. From Pima-Papago tóhonoʔóʔdham desert people (in official practical orthography Tohono O'odham).