rle

Western Highland Chatino

Alternative forms

• kle (Santos Reyes Nopala)
• lkali (Santa Cruz Tepenixtlahuaca)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”).

Noun

rle⁴

1. alcalde

References

• Pride, Leslie, Pride, Kitty (2010) Diccionario chatino de la zona alta: Panixtlahuaca, Oaxaca y otros pueblos‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd (electronic) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 151