pasanaku

Spanish
FWOTD – 9 June 2017

Etymology

From pasa + Quechua -naku.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pasaˈnaku/

Noun

pasanaku m (plural pasanakus)

  1. (Bolivia) A form of economic agreement based on trust in which members of a group help each other out financially.
    • 2016 July 24, “Luis Arroyo y Saúl Lozano: “Esto ha sido como la ‘guerra del gas’ en la universidad””, in El Deber Bolivia‎:
      Nadie creía que Evo Morales sea el líder de los bolivianos, pero había un cansancio de la gente con el pasanaku del poder.
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