Definitions
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- noun The native people and language of
Easter Island . - proper noun An alternative name for the
Rapa Nui language.
Etymologies
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Borrowing from Spanish pascuense, from Pascua + -ense, from Isla de Pascua ("Easter Island").
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Examples
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For example, tingo, a word in the Pascuense language of Easter Island that means "borrowing things from a friend’s house, one by one, until he has nothing left".
The Perfect Word 2007
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For example, tingo, a word in the Pascuense language of Easter Island that means "borrowing things from a friend’s house, one by one, until he has nothing left".
Archive 2007-03-01 Peggy 2007
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