Diccionario de Chile

tuku

Vocabula Chilensia

vc-1642 N №229

Tuco

significados

  • latínbuho
  • españolBúho (bubo, onis)
  • inglésMagellanic Horned Owl

nota

See Lenz 1910 'tucúquere' referring to 'bubo magellanicus' which he says is onomatopoeic and certaintly Mapudungun, if not listed in the dictionary record. Also possibly 'nuku' a short-eared owl (Otus brachyotus). Thanks to RBA
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229. Tuco | buho | Búho (bubo, onis) | tuku | Magellanic Horned Owl | N | root | tuku | Magellanic Horned Owl | See Lenz 1910 'tucúquere' referring to 'bubo magellanicus' which he says is onomatopoeic and certaintly Mapudungun, if not listed in the dictionary record. Also possibly 'nuku' a short-eared owl (Otus brachyotus). Thanks to RBA