deleg

Cañari

Alternative forms

• -deleg, -delic (in placenames)

Etymology

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

Noun

deleg

1. great (large) plain

References

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

Maranao

Verb

deleg

1. to pass, to follow the road

Derived terms

• delegen (“path, pass”)

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎ (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press