hacat

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Noun

hacat ?

  1. tool, implement
  2. instrument
  3. device
  4. apparatus
  5. appliance

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Seri

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɑkɑt/

Noun

hacat (article com, plural hácataj)

  1. shark
    Synonym: tohni (archaic)

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.

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.
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