Etymology

tagua

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Today it means: The fruit of the tagua palm. When dried, it can be carved like ivory, and is used for beads, buttons, etc. Full definition →

Spanish tagua ← Quechua tawa
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  1. Quechuatawa
  2. Spanishtagua
  3. English todaytagua

Borrowed from Spanish tagua.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.