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cambarysu

cambarysu noun: a device reportedly used by the Catuquinaru to communicate, consisting of a wooden drum, filled with various materials and half-buried; when one was beaten, the vibrations (travelling through the earth) could be heard on the devices in other villages up to 1.5 km away.

Noun

cambarysu (plural cambarysus)

  1. A device reportedly used by the Catuquinaru to communicate, consisting of a wooden drum, filled with various materials and half-buried; when one was beaten, the vibrations (travelling through the earth) could be heard on the devices in other villages up to 1.5 km away.
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Forms of cambarysu

pluralcambarysus

Origin of cambarysu

Borrowed from Catuquinaru cambarysú.

Questions about cambarysu

What does cambarysu mean?
Cambarysu means a device reportedly used by the Catuquinaru to communicate, consisting of a wooden drum, filled with various materials and half-buried; when one was beaten, the vibrations (travelling through the earth) could be heard on the devices in other villages up to 1.5 km away.
What part of speech is cambarysu?
Cambarysu is a noun.
What is the plural of cambarysu?
The plural of cambarysu is cambarysus.

Words near cambarysu in the dictionary

  1. Cambar
  2. cambarid
  3. cambarids
  4. Cambars
  5. Cambarville
  6. cambarysu
  7. cambarysus
  8. Cambas
  9. Cambay
  10. cambaytheriid
  11. cambaytheriids

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