manchi
English
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editFrom a Mapudungun word.
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Noun
editmanchi (plural manchis)
- 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.
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editmanchi
Italian
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editmanchi m pl
Verb
editmanchi
Yine
editNoun
editmanchi
- unpossessed form of nomane: someone's body.
References
edit- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN