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
- double-banked
- double-barrel
- double-barreled
- double-base powder
- double-bedded
- double-bit ax
- double-bitt
- double-bitted
- double-blind
- double-bogey
- double-book
- double-booked
- double-booking
- double-books
- double-breasted
- double-brooded
- double-check
- double-checked
- double-checking
- double-checks
- double-chinned
- double-claw
- double-click
- double-clicked
- double-clicking