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Where does “pumasqa” come from?

pumasqa (Quechua) comes from Quechua puma — puma; cougar; mountain lion.

pumasqa (Quechua): eaten by a mountain lion

Definitions

  1. eaten by a mountain lion

Ancestry of “pumasqa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Quechuapumapuma; cougar; mountain lion
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