deleg

Cañari

Alternative forms

-deleg, -delic (in placenames)

Etymology

Compared by some scholars to Mochica tefk (“broad”).

Noun

deleg

great (large) plain

References

R. Aquiles, T. Pérez, Los Cañaris (1978), page 440

Maranao

Verb

deleg

to pass, to follow the road

Derived terms

delegen (“path, pass”)

References

A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

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