lial

O'odham

Etymology

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

Noun

lial (distributive lilial)

  1. a bit, piece of eight (an eighth of a dollar)
    go꞉k-lial
    a quarter, 25 cents
    (literally, “two bits”)
  2. money
    'Am 'atp we꞉c g mu'i lial.
    There lies a lot of money.

Synonyms

  • nolawtakuḍ

Derived terms

  • cu꞉dp-lial
  • gi'ik-lial
  • go꞉k-lial
  • lial ba'iham
  • lialga
  • s-lialga

References

  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[1], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 5
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 37
  • Zepeda, Ofelia (1983), A Tohono Oʼodham Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published after 1986, pages 167, 181
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