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English
Etymology
From a Mapudungun word.
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Noun
manchi (plural manchis)
- A Pehuenche medicine man.
1876, Carl Engel, “Music and Medicine”, in Musical Myths and Facts, volume II, London: Novello, Ewer & Co., , pages 89–90:Again, the Manchi, or medicine-man of the Peguenches and other Indian tribes in the Argentine Provinces, is skilled in the use of herbs.
Anagrams
Ido
Noun
manchi
- plural of mancho
Italian
Adjective
manchi m pl
- masculine plural of manco
Verb
manchi
- inflection of mancare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Yine
Noun
manchi
- unpossessed form of nomane: someone's body.
References
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN