Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word uturuncu.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • “This old man was said to be an uturuncu, a shaman capable of assuming the form of a tiger.”

    —Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch

    March 27, 2011

  • More likely a jaguar (to the degree that therianthropy is likely), since the word is from Quechua. See uturuncus.

    March 29, 2011