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manchi

English edit

Etymology edit

From a Mapudungun word.

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Noun edit

manchi (plural manchis)

  1. A Pehuenche medicine man.
    • 1876, Carl Engel, “Music and Medicine”, in Musical Myths and Facts‎[1], 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 edit

Ido edit

Noun edit

manchi

  1. plural of mancho

Italian edit

Adjective edit

manchi m pl

  1. masculine plural of manco

Verb edit

manchi

  1. inflection of mancare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Noun edit

manchi

  1. unpossessed form of nomane: someone's body.

References edit

  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN
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