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
- 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