hacat
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).
Noun
hacat ?
- tool, implement
- instrument
- device
- apparatus
- appliance
Alternative forms
- hacet
Synonyms
- alet
- amûr
- alav
Related terms
- hewce
- hêcet
Seri
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔɑkɑt/, /ˈʔɑkɑtɑx/
Noun
hacat (plural hácataj)
- shark
Usage notes
This is the most generic term for “shark”. Names of particular species of sharks are often compounds of this word, e.g. hacat cmaam (“diamond stingray”, literally “female shark”), hacat coospoj (“leopard shark”, literally “painted shark”), hacat coospoj caacoj (“tiger shark”, literally “big painted shark”), hacat cooxp (“great white shark”, literally “white shark”), etc.
Synonyms
- (archaic) tohni
References
- Moser, Mary B.; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 310.