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tsantsa

tsantsa noun: a shrunken head made by the Shuar and related people of South America.

Noun

tsantsa (plural tsantsas)

  1. A shrunken head made by the Shuar and related people of South America.

Forms of tsantsa

pluraltsantsas

Origin of tsantsa

Borrowed from Spanish tsantsa, itself borrowed from Shuar tsantsa.

Questions about tsantsa

What does tsantsa mean?
Tsantsa means a shrunken head made by the Shuar and related people of South America.
What part of speech is tsantsa?
Tsantsa is a noun.
What is the plural of tsantsa?
The plural of tsantsa is tsantsas.

Words near tsantsa in the dictionary

  1. tsan
  2. Tsang
  3. Tsangkha
  4. Tsangs
  5. tsans
  6. tsantsa
  7. tsantsas
  8. Tsao
  9. tsao ko
  10. tsao shu
  11. Tsao-chuang

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