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
Nagel is not involved in Lengua and McLaughlin’s work, but is part of a national consortium of 21 research sites that has for years been following almost 12,000 adolescents.
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 Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)
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