“Christianize” its meaning by context, e.g. ‘the Great Father’ (San Blas) or Nhialich ‘one in the above’ (Ngok Dinka). or camaq ‘he who is sufficient’ (Chanca Quechua). or Jehoba (which accidentally resembles Jehovah ‘the great ruler.’ a kind of generic descriptive term used among the Kipsigis. In trying to discover an adequate word for God one must recognize that there is little or no likelihood that one will encounter a fully adequate term within the indigenous language, for the very significance