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challwa
a word from vocabulary
Mapudungun
by
Lucía Golluscio
and
Adriana Fraguas
and
Fresia Mellico
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Word form
challwa
LWT meaning(s)
the fish
Comments on word
The term was already documented in Valdivia-1606: challua ‘fish’, challuantun ‘to fish’, challuantuqueum ‘fish market’
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Pre-1606 [41] (1000–1606)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Source words
challwa
'fish'
Quechua
Effect
Replacement
Salience
present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Contact with Quechua [41]
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