TEHUELCHE Definition & Meaning

Tehuelche

[ tuh-wel-chee, -chey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural Tehuelches, (especially collectively) Tehuelche

a member of an Indigenous people of Patagonia.
the language of the Tehuelche.

adjective

of or relating to the Tehuelche or their language.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Tehuelche¹

First recorded in 1770–80; from Spanish, from Araucanian ��(ù)��, of uncertain meaning

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By 1741, British accounts noted that the Tehuelche were masterful riders.

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The locals, probably Indigenous Tehuelche people, were no longer notable just for their size.

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The Tehuelche were innovators, too: Outsiders marveled at their bolas, weighted rope snares they swung and launched from horseback to hunt llamalike guanaco and flightless rhea birds.

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The Indigenous Tehuelche people called it Chaltén, or smoking mountain, because it is usually shrouded by clouds.

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“Yapai peñi,” someone said, a Tehuelche toast.

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Tehuantepec Teichmann's crystals

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