Quechua

See also quechua

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Spanish, from Quechua qichwa (literally “temperate valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɛtʃwə/, /ˈkɛtʃəwə/

Noun

Quechua (plural Quechuas or Quechua)

1. A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.

Proper noun

Quechua

1. The language spoken by these people.

Derived terms

• Quechuan

Translations

language

• Arabic: كتشوا (ar) (kitshwaa) f, كيشوا (ar) (kitshwaa) f
• Armenian: կեչուա (hy) (kečua)
• Bulgarian: кечуа (bg) (kéčua)
• Catalan: quítxua (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克丘亞語 (cmn), 克丘亚语 (cmn) (Kèqiūyàyǔ)

• Chuvash: кечуа (kečua)
• Czech: kečuánština (cs)
• Danish: quechua (da)
• Dutch: Quechua (nl) n
• Esperanto: Keĉua lingvo (eo)
• Finnish: ketšua (fi)
• French: quechua (fr) m
• Galician: quechua (gl) m
• German: Quechua (de) n
• Interlingua: quechua (ia)

• Italian: lingua quechua (it)
• Japanese: ケチュア語 (ja) (Kechuago)
• Korean: 케추아어 (ko) (Kechua-eo)
• Limburgish: quechua (li)
• Lithuanian: kečujų kalba (lt)
• Mapudungun: kechuadungun
• Navajo: Kéchwa bizaad
• Norwegian: quechua (no)
• Polish: keczua (pl) m
• Portuguese: quíchua (pt)
• Quechua: Runa simi (qu), Qhichwa shimi (qu), Qhichwa (qu)
• Russian: кечуа (ru) (kéčua) m (indeclinable)
• Slovene: kečuanščina (sl)
• Spanish: quechua (es) m
• Swedish: quechua (sv)
• Welsh: Cetshwa (cy)

See also

• Inca
• Quichua
• Wiktionary's coverage of Quechua terms
• Appendix:Quechua Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Quechua

External links

• ISO 639-1 code qu, ISO 639-3 code que. It is a family of related languages. The individual ones are:

• Ethnologue entry for Ambo-Pasco Quechua, qva
• Ethnologue entry for Arequipa-La Unión Quechua, qxu
• Ethnologue entry for Ayacucho Quechua, quy
• Ethnologue entry for Cajamarca Quechua, qvc
• Ethnologue entry for Cajatambo North Lima Quechua, qvl
• Ethnologue entry for Chachapoyas Quechua, quk
• Ethnologue entry for Chilean Quechua, cqu
• Ethnologue entry for Chimborazo Highland Quichua, qug
• Ethnologue entry for Chincha Quechua, qxc
• Ethnologue entry for Chiquián Ancash Quechua, qxa
• Ethnologue entry for Classical Quechua, qwc
• Ethnologue entry for Corongo Ancash Quechua, qwa
• Ethnologue entry for Cusco Quechua, quz
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Apurímac Quechua, qve
• Ethnologue entry for Huallaga Huánuco Quechua, qub
• Ethnologue entry for Huamalíes-Dos de Mayo Huánuco Quechua, qvh
• Ethnologue entry for Huaylas Ancash Quechua, qwh
• Ethnologue entry for Huaylla Wanca Quechua, qvw
• Ethnologue entry for Imbabura Highland Quichua, qvi
• Ethnologue entry for Jauja Wanca Quechua, qxw
• Ethnologue entry for Lambayeque Quechua, quf

• Ethnologue entry for Loja Highland Quichua, qvj
• Ethnologue entry for Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua, qvm
• Ethnologue entry for Napo Lowland Quechua, qvo
• Ethnologue entry for North Bolivian Quechua, qul
• Ethnologue entry for North Junín Quechua, qvn
• Ethnologue entry for Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua, qxn
• Ethnologue entry for Northern Pastaza Quichua, qvz
• Ethnologue entry for Pacaraos Quechua, qvp
• Ethnologue entry for Panao Huánuco Quechua, qxh
• Ethnologue entry for Puno Quechua, qxp
• Ethnologue entry for Salasaca Highland Quichua, qxl
• Ethnologue entry for San Martín Quechua, qvs
• Ethnologue entry for Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua, qxt
• Ethnologue entry for Santiago del Estero Quichua, qus
• Ethnologue entry for Sihuas Ancash Quechua, qws
• Ethnologue entry for South Bolivian Quechua, quh
• Ethnologue entry for Southern Conchucos Ancash Quechua, qxo
• Ethnologue entry for Southern Pastaza Quechua, qup
• Ethnologue entry for Tena Lowland Quichua, quw
• Ethnologue entry for Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua, qur
• Ethnologue entry for Yauyos Quechua, qux

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Proper noun

Quechua n

1. Quechua (language)