Etymology

tsantsa

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Today it means: A shrunken head made by the Shuar and related people of South America. Full definition →

Spanish tsantsa ← Shuar tsantsa
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The story

  1. Shuar · derived fromtsantsa
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromtsantsa
  3. English todaytsantsa

Borrowed from Spanish tsantsa, itself borrowed from Shuar tsantsa.

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