Alacaluf
noun
Ala·ca·luf
variants or Alakaluf or less commonly Alikuluf
¦a-lə-kə-¦lüf,
¦ä-
plural Alacaluf or Alacalufs or Alakaluf or Alakalufs
1
a
: a people of Tierra del Fuego
b
: a member of such people
2
: a language of the Alacaluf people
Word History
Etymology
Spanish & Yahgan; Spanish alacaluf, probably from Yahgan (Innalum) Aala Kaluf, literally, western men with mussel-shell knives
First Known Use
1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
- motor pendulum
- motor phase
- motor pool
- motor pumper
- motor sailer
- motor sailers
- motor scooter
- motor scooters
- motor scythe
- motor ship
- motor ships
- motor spirit
- motor torpedo boat
- motor transport
- motor unit
- motor vehicle
- motor vehicles
- motor vessel
- motor-generator set
- motor-lorry
- motor-minded
- motor-mindedness
- motorable
- motorbicycles
- motorbike