Lengua
Americannoun
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a member of a group of Indian peoples living in the Gran Chaco area of Paraguay.
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any of several languages spoken by these peoples.
Etymology
Origin of Lengua
1820–25; < Spanish; literally, tongue, referring to their custom of wearing labrets
Example Sentences
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The campaign — starring funk musician Bootsy Collins, joined by his wife, Patti, and grandson Vincent, and musician Babyxsosa — was photographed by Lengua and styled by Haley Wollens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
“When we see changes in behavior or mental health, we know something is changing in the brain,” said Katie McLaughlin, of Harvard, who is leading the research with Liliana Lengua and Andrew Meltzoff of UW.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
Lengua, or beef tongue, simmered until it’s the consistency of foie gras.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2020
True language mixing can produce weird and wonderful offspring like Media Lengua, which combines Quechuan grammar and Spanish vocabulary to form an “in-between” tongue spoken by some indigenous Ecuadorians.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2019
He also wrote a `Bocabulario y Arte de la Lengua Guarani'.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham
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