pa̱lej
Mecayapan Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish padre (“father”), from Latin pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaːleh/
Noun
pa̱lej
- priest
References
- Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 107, 226, 259