albanil

See also: albañil

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish albañil, from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic البَنَّاء (al-bannāʔ, “the bricklayer”).

Noun

albanil

1. bricklayer

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3