A type of indigenous musical instrument or tool from Central or South American cultures, with limited historical documentation.
From indigenous Mesoamerican or South American languages. The reduplication pattern (curu- repeated) suggests it may describe a sound or appearance.
Words like 'curucaneca' that have almost disappeared from modern use remind us how many indigenous cultures and their tools have been forgotten—they survive only in old colonial records!
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