English Explanatory Dictionary

cambarysu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device reportedly used by the Catuquinaru to communicate, consisting of a wooden drum, filled with various materials and half-buried; when one was beaten, the vibrations (travelling through the earth) could be heard on the devices in other villages up to 1.5 km away.

Word forms

cambarysu cambarysus

Etymology

Borrowed from Catuquinaru cambarysu.

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