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Alacaluf

noun Ala·ca·luf
variants: or Alakaluf or less commonly Alikuluf \¦a-lə-kə-¦lüf, ¦ä-\

Definition of Alacaluf

plural Alacaluf or Alacalufs or Alakaluf or Alakalufs
1 a : a people of Tierra del Fuego
b : a member of such people
2 : a language of the Alacaluf people

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Origin and Etymology of alacaluf

Spanish & Yahgan; Spanish alacaluf, probably from Yahgan (Innalum) Aala Kaluf, literally, western men with mussel-shell knives

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