deleg

Cañari

Alternative forms

• -deleg, -delic (in placenames)

Etymology

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

Noun

deleg

1. great (large) plain

Derived terms

• Bayandeleg
• Chordeleg
• Guapdondelic

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^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese dĕlĕg. Compare Proto-Philippine *dalág (cf. Tagalog dalag (“mudfish”))

Noun

deleg (Sundanese spelling ᮓᮨᮜᮨᮌ᮪)

1. snakehead murrel (Channa striata)

Further reading

• "DĔLĔG", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij