Diccionario de Chile

kempu

Vocabula Chilensia

vc-1642 N

Guempo

significados

  • latínSocer
  • españolSuegro
  • inglésfather/brother/uncle-in-law (of a man)

nota

probably a mis-reading of 'q' as 'g'. The 'q' spelling is found in 'De Chilensium Lingua, et Vocabularium dictionum Chilensium' by Pisonis and Marcgravi (1648), which appears to be an independent copy of the vocabulary manuscript (with thanks to RBA).
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72. Guempo | Socer | Suegro | kempu | father/brother/uncle-in-law (of a man) | N | root | kempu | father/brother/uncle-in-law (of a man) | probably a mis-reading of 'q' as 'g'. The 'q' spelling is found in 'De Chilensium Lingua, et Vocabularium dictionum Chilensium' by Pisonis and Marcgravi (1648), which appears to be an independent copy of the vocabulary manuscript (with thanks to RBA).