Machiguenga

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noun

A member of an indigenous hunter-gatherer people of the Amazon Basin jungle regions of southeastern Peru.

“Most Machiguenga lack personal names. Members of the same tribe are individuated using kin terminology.”

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nounMachiguenga (plural Machiguengas or Machiguenga)

plural Machiguengas · alternative Matsigenga · alternative Matsigenka

  1. A member of an indigenous hunter-gatherer people of the Amazon Basin jungle regions of southeastern Peru.

    Most Machiguenga lack personal names. Members of the same tribe are individuated using kin terminology.

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