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Where does “toqui” come from?

toqui (English) comes from Spanish toqui, from Araucanian toki.

toqui (English): A Mapuche war chief

Definitions

  1. A Mapuche war chief

Ancestry of “toqui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtoquitoqui
2Araucaniantoki—
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