angl

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger; angel”).

Noun

angl

1. angel
2. a deceased child

Derived terms

• biꞌ angl

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