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Machiguenga

Machiguenga noun: a member of an indigenous hunter-gatherer people of the Amazon Basin jungle regions of southeastern Peru.

Noun

Machiguenga (plural Machiguengas or Machiguenga)

  1. A member of an indigenous hunter-gatherer people of the Amazon Basin jungle regions of southeastern Peru.
    • Most Machiguenga lack personal names. Members of the same tribe are individuated using kin terminology.

Forms of Machiguenga

pluralMachiguengas
pluralMachiguenga
alternative formMatsigenga
alternative formMatsigenka

Questions about Machiguenga

What does Machiguenga mean?
Machiguenga means a member of an indigenous hunter-gatherer people of the Amazon Basin jungle regions of southeastern Peru.
What part of speech is Machiguenga?
Machiguenga is a noun.
What is the plural of Machiguenga?
The plural of Machiguenga is Machiguengas.

Words near Machiguenga in the dictionary

  1. machicote
  2. machicotes
  3. machicoulis
  4. machicoulises
  5. Machida
  6. Machiguenga
  7. Machiguengas
  8. machiku
  9. machila
  10. machilas
  11. machilid

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