yanakuna

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Quechua.

Noun

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yanakuna (plural yanakunas or yanakuna)

  1. (historical) An individual in the Inca Empire who left the ayllu system and worked full-time at a variety of tasks for the Inca, their queen, or the religious establishment.