lonco
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Mapudungun logko, longko via Spanish lonco.
Noun
lonco (plural loncos)
- A Mapuche tribal leader.
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Anagrams
Lindu
Noun
lonco
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mapudungun logko.
Alternative forms
Noun
lonco m (plural loncos)
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Etymology 2
Noun
lonco m (plural loncos)
- (zoology) reticulum
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 306:
- El guanaco tiene en el lonco una piedra cuyo contacto desaparecen los dolores de aire.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “lonco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10