Papago
[ pah-puh-goh, pap-uh- ]
Origin of Papago
1First recorded in 1810–20; from Spanish pápago, earlier papabo(s), shortening of papabi-ootam from Oʼodham bá·bawĭ-ʔóʔodham “Papago(s)” (former self-designation), equivalent to bá·bawĭ “tepary beans” + ʔóʔodham “Piman, fellow tribesman, human being”
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How to use Papago in a sentence
As nails were scarce, Buckskin Alick had constructed a mill held together by rawhides, and was grinding wheat for the Papagos.
Building a State in Apache Land | Charles D. PostonThe Papagos accounted for most of the dead, but we six white men and our Mexican friends did our part.
Arizona's Yesterday | John H. CadyThe Pimos foot up five or six thousand, and from them are sprung the Papagos—a great tribe dominating all southern Arizona.
Across America | James F. RuslingThat the language of the Papagos, or Papago-cotam, is also Pima, rests upon good external evidence.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon LathamIt was not in the Papagos code to add one ounce to the weight of circumstance obtruding between himself and water.
Dust of the Desert | Robert Welles Ritchie
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