MOCHE: A PERUVIAN COASTAL COMMUNITY— GILLIN 



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Cahuiin, dip net for catching slirimp, crabs, etc. 



Caja, box or hole; in Iluanchaco, the place on the reed raft 



where the operator sits. 

 Cajon, a large box ; the wooden torin into which tafria walls 



or fences are molded. 

 Calabozo, heavy knife with hooked blade, for cnlling briisli 



and weeds. 

 Calcal, fishing net used with reed raft in Iluanchaco. 

 Callana, earthenware cooking jxit. 

 Carnal, slaughterhouse, place where animals are slaughtered ; 



also gtmny sack or any large coarse sack made of any 



material. 

 Camaron, shrimp. 



Campifia, irrigated countryside as distinguished from the 

 ■ pueblo or town. 

 Cafia brava, cane or reed. 

 Caiia de azucar, sugarcane. 

 Caila de Guayaquil, bamboo. 



Cafian, small lizard, caught for eating in dried form. 

 Caiiaso, beverage made of flavored sugarcane alcohol. 

 Carreterra, main highway. 

 Carrizo, stiff reed or cane. 



Casado (a), person married by church ceremony. 

 Casamienlo, marriage formally sanctified by church cere- 



nion\'. 

 Cata.stro, property list or register. 

 Catedratico, university professor on permanent appointment, 



one who occupies a idtcdra ("chair") in a university 



faculty. 

 Causa, form of lunch or light nual. 

 Cerro, mountain; Cerro Blanco, Cerro Cumuncro ("While 



Mountain," "Community Mountain"), near Mochc. 

 Chacra, agricultural landholding or small farm. 

 Chancaca, unrefined brown cake sugar. 

 Chicha, native fermented alcoholic beverage. 

 Chinchorro, two-man net for fishing in surf. 

 Chochoca, maize flour. 



Choclo, green corn on the cob; an car of green corn. 

 Cholo, mixed-blood inhabitant of Peru. 

 Choza, a rustic bouse. 

 Chuno, a float made of a .^lobular gourd, used on lish lines, 



and boat lines. 

 Chuiio, sprouted maize kernels. 

 Cohete, rocket, firecracker. 



Cojodito, small globular gourd for drinking ihiilui. 

 Colegio. high school; in Moche refers also to any school, 



primary grades included. 

 Compadrazgo, co-god|)arenlboo(I. 

 Compromiso, commitment. 



Copita, small liquor glass; by extension, a drink. 

 Cosecha, crop or harvest, also called sicmbra. 

 Cuadera, light rope forming part of the setline for hshin);. 

 Cuarto, quarter ; a quarter-bottle of jiisco brandy. 

 Cuerda, cotton three-ply line with hooks forming part of 



tlie setline for fishing. 

 Culambra, colloquial, supernatural snake guardian of a 



garden. 

 Curandero (a), magical curer, but not a witch (briijo). 

 Destajo, task work, job of work to be done. 

 Encomienda, grant of land and Indians in trust to Spanish 



colonists. 



Enguayanchar, to bewitch by love magic. 



Espinel, setline with hooks for fishing in surf. 



Estera, mat made of reeds tied logelbcr m parallel fashion. 



Estiradura, inguinal hernia. 



Fanegada, measure of land area. e(iual to about 3 hectares, 

 or 7.77 acres. 



Eorastero, a stranger; in Moche, a Peruvian who is not 

 native to Moche or who is not culturally identified with 

 Moche. 



Fulano, "so-and-so" (anonymous personal name). 



Gariia, drizzle or mist, characteristic of winter season on 

 Peruvian coast. 



Granja, a poultry or stock-raising enterprise, small scale. 



Ilaclia, singlc-liUukd European-type ax. 



Hacienda, plantation; influence of haciendas on culture and 

 social life of Peruvian coast, on Moche. 



Ilaciendita, "small hacienda," a land-holding in the District 

 of Moche. 



Hectarea, hectare, 2..S9 acres. 



Helada, colIo(|uial, a cold night. 



Ilermandad, scmireligious organization of laymen. 



llorca, wooden pitchfork. 



Hiiaca, Quechua, "holy place" ; in .Moche, the Mochica ruins. 



Iliianarpo (,Malrof<lia iiiacraiitlui) , an aphrodisiac. 



Iluangana, binding for reed raft. 



Huerta, garden or orchard; in Moche, usually surroim(l> 

 dwelling bouse and contains kitchen vegetables and fruit 

 trees, 



Intencionamiento, process of asking for a woman's hand in 

 marriage. 



Jora, mash made from sprouted grains of maize. 



Lancha, molorboat used in fishing. 



Llano, plain or fiat place. 



iMaehete, a one-handed knife or cutlass for cutting brush 

 and weeds. 



Madrina, godmother. 



Malcro, literally, "evildoer," usually applied to an evil witch 

 or practitioner of c\il witchcraft. 



Mallero, wooden block used in making fish nets. 



iMano, hand; grinding stone held in hand; "hand of ba- 

 nanas" ; a procedure employed by the assistants in a curing 

 seance of brujeria. 



Marinera, a social dance. 



iMate, large, shallow, platelikc gourd container. 



Mayordomia, a group of laymen organized to celebrate a 

 saint's day or other religious feast day. 



Medico, scientific ])hysician. 



Medico boliviano, itinerant herb peddler. 



iMelgar, plot or subdivision of a field, usually for alfalfa. 



Mesa, table. 



Mesa de brujeria, sort of altar laid out on tlie ground used 

 in witchcraft cures; by extension, the seance itself. 



Minga, a voluntary or semivoluntary work group demo- 

 cratically organized and involving recreational features as 

 well as labor ; a mechanism for exchanging labor. 



Mocheros netos, real or true inhabitants of Moche, persons 

 identified with the community of Moche. 



Mondongo, animal intestines eaten as meat. 



Muy-muy, sea shrimp. 



Nasa, conical trap of cane for fishing in streams or irriga- 

 tion ditches. 



