Etymology

lof

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Today it means: Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco. Full definition →

Mapudungun lof
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  1. Mapudungun · borrowed fromlof
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Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).

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