lial

O'odham

Etymology

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

Noun

lial (distributive lilial)

1. a bit (an eighth of a dollar)
2. money

Synonyms

• nolawtakuḍ

Derived terms

• cu꞉dp-lial
• giʼik-lial
• go꞉k-lial
• lial baʼiham
• lialga
• s-lialga

 

References

• Mathiot, Madeleine ([2012–2013]) Tohono 'O'odham-English Dictionary‎^[1], volume II, archived from the original on 4 October 2015, page 5
• Saxton, Dean, Saxton, Lucille, Enos, Susie (1983) Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, second edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 37
• Zepeda, Ofelia (1983) A Tohono Oʼodham Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, pages 167, 181