lial

O'odham

Etymology

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

Noun

lial (distributive lilial)

  1. a bit, piece of eight (an eighth of a dollar)
    go꞉k-lial
    a quarter, 25 cents
    (literally, “two bits”)
  2. money
    Synonym: nolawtakuḍ
    'Am 'atp we꞉c g mu'i lial.
    There lies a lot of money.

Derived terms

  • cu꞉dp-lial (75 cents)
  • gi'ik-lial (50 cents)
  • go꞉k-lial (25 cents)
  • lial ba'iham (moneybag)
  • lialga (to have (a lot of) money)
  • s-lialga (to have a lot of money (in many locations))

References

  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary[1], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 5
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 37
  • Zepeda, Ofelia (1983), A Tohono Oʼodham Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published after 1986, pages 167, 181

Portuguese

Adjective

lial m or f (plural liais)

  1. (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of leal