campa
campa — noun
1. An indigenous group native to the Amazon rainforest of eastern Peru, traditional
An indigenous group native to the Amazon rainforest of eastern Peru, traditionally living along the upper Ucayali River and speaking an Arawakan language.
The Campa have lived in the Peruvian Amazon for centuries, maintaining their traditions and language.
the + Campa (collective reference to the people)
Researchers working with the Campa have documented their knowledge of medicinal plants from the rainforest.
Many Campa communities rely on the Ucayali River for transportation and fishing.
Traditional Campa crafts include woven bags and pottery made from local clay.
- Asháninka
The preferred self-designation; less common in older English sources
文法句型
the + Campa (collective)
the Campa people
用法筆記
The term 'Campa' is an exonym used in historical and anthropological writing. Many members of this group prefer the self-designation 'Asháninka'. The noun is often used collectively without an article when referring to the people in general ('Campa have lived here for generations').
2. A person who belongs to the Campa indigenous people of eastern Peru.
A person who belongs to the Campa indigenous people of eastern Peru.
Their guide through the forest was a Campa who knew every trail between the villages.
a + Campa (singular countable)
Tariq spoke with two Campas who now live in the city of Pucallpa.
plural: two Campas
The museum hired a Campa to help translate old recordings into Spanish.
Constanza wrote her thesis on how young Campas balance school and traditional village life.
- Asháninka
Preferred self-designation for an individual member
文法句型
a + Campa
two/several + Campas
用法筆記
The plural form 'Campas' is used for individuals, while 'the Campa' (no -s) refers to the group as a whole. In informal academic writing, both forms appear.
3. The Arawakan language spoken by the Campa people, primarily in the Peruvian depa
The Arawakan language spoken by the Campa people, primarily in the Peruvian departments of Junín, Ucayali, and Cusco.
Campa belongs to the Arawakan language family, which includes many languages across South America.
uncountable: Campa belongs to...
Linguists have recorded over twenty thousand words in the Campa language.
collocation: the Campa language
Indra is learning Campa so she can communicate with her husband's relatives in the village.
Fewer than ten thousand people speak Campa as their first language today.
- Asháninka
Preferred name for the language among its speakers
- Campa Arawakan
Technical classification used in linguistic literature
文法句型
speak + Campa
in + Campa
Campa + noun (as modifier)
用法筆記
Campa is an exonym for the language; the Asháninka call it 'Asháninka' or 'Asháninca'. It is an agglutinative language with complex verb morphology. This sense is always uncountable.