paalh
Southeastern Tepehuan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish padre (“father”), from Latin pater. C.f. O'odham pa꞉l.
Noun
paalh (plural papaalh)
- priest
References
- Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 143