Amuesha

noun
Amue·​sha | \ ämˈwāshə\
plural Amuesha or Amueshas

Definition of Amuesha

1a : a people of central Peru
b : a member of such people
2 : a language of the Amuesha people of uncertain but perhaps Arawakan affinity

First Known Use of Amuesha

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for Amuesha

borrowed from American Spanish of American Indian origin

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