rle

Western Highland Chatino

Alternative forms
  • kle (Santos Reyes Nopala)
  • lkali (Santa Cruz Tepenixtlahuaca)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي‎ (al-qāḍī, “the judge”).

Noun

rle⁴

  1. alcalde

References
  • Pride, Leslie; Pride, Kitty (2010) Diccionario chatino de la zona alta: Panixtlahuaca, Oaxaca y otros pueblos‎ (in Spanish), 2nd (electronic) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 151
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