English
maloca
Maloca comes from Spanish maloca ‘raid, attack’, and goes back to Mapudungun malocán ‘to fight’.
- Mapudungunmodernmalocán‘to fight’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmaloca‘raid, attack’
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernsame form
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mapudungunmodernmalocán‘to fight’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmaloca‘raid, attack’
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernsame form
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Mapudungun malocán
Today it means
noun A traditional longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mapudungun malocán / maloca