lial

O'odham

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish real (“real”, a unit of currency), from Latin rēgālis (“royal”).

Noun

lial (distributive lilial)

  1. a bit (an eighth of a dollar)
  2. money

Synonyms
  • nolawtakuḍ

Derived terms
  • cu꞉dp-lial
  • giʼik-lial
  • go꞉k-lial
  • lial baʼiham
  • lialga
  • s-lialga

References
  • Mathiot, Madeleine ([2012–2013]) Tohono 'O'odham-English Dictionary‎, volume II, archived from the original on 4 October 2015, page 5
  • Saxton, Dean, Saxton, Lucille, Enos, Susie (1983) Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, second edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 37
  • Zepeda, Ofelia (1983) A Tohono Oʼodham Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, pages 167, 181
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