paalh

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish padre (“father”), from Latin pater. C.f. O'odham pa꞉l.

Noun

paalh (plural papaalh)

1. priest

References

• Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎^[1], electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 143