Quechua
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Quechua (plural Quechuas or Quechua)
- A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.
- 1972, Lytle Robinson, chapter 5, in Edgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man, USA: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 105:
- The Quechuas, a tribe of the Inca people, were Indians of the red race and with an appearance and trait which is distinctly American. “They are”, says Victor W. Von Hagen in his book, Realm of the Incas, “of medium height, and inclined to be thickset, with large hands, small wrists, a disproportionately large chest (developed for breathing at high altitudes), well-developed legs, and wide-spreading feet. They are broad-headed, with high cheekbones, prominent aquiline noses, and small, almond-shaped eyes.” There are still five million of them in the Andes.
- Synonym: Quechuan
Translations[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Quechua
- The language spoken by these people.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- Inca
- Quichua
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Quechua terms
- Appendix:Quechua Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Quechua
Further reading[edit]
- ISO 639-1 code qu, ISO 639-3 code que (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Quechua, que (behind paywall), a macrolanguage including:
- Ethnologue entry for Ambo-Pasco Quechua, qva (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Arequipa-La Unión Quechua, qxu (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Ayacucho Quechua, quy (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Cajamarca Quechua, qvc (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Cajatambo North Lima Quechua, qvl (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Chachapoyas Quechua, quk (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Chilean Quechua, cqu (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Chimborazo Highland Quichua, qug (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Chincha Quechua, qxc (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Chiquián Ancash Quechua, qxa (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Classical Quechua, qwc (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Corongo Ancash Quechua, qwa (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Cusco Quechua, quz (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Eastern Apurímac Quechua, qve (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Huallaga Huánuco Quechua, qub (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Huamalíes-Dos de Mayo Huánuco Quechua, qvh (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Huaylas Ancash Quechua, qwh (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Huaylla Wanca Quechua, qvw (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Imbabura Highland Quichua, qvi (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Jauja Wanca Quechua, qxw (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Lambayeque Quechua, quf (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Loja Highland Quichua, qvj (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua, qvm (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Napo Lowland Quechua, qvo (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for North Bolivian Quechua, qul (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for North Junín Quechua, qvn (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua, qxn (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Northern Pastaza Quichua, qvz (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Pacaraos Quechua, qvp (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Panao Huánuco Quechua, qxh (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Puno Quechua, qxp (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Salasaca Highland Quichua, qxl (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for San Martín Quechua, qvs (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco Quechua, qxt (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Santiago del Estero Quichua, qus (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Sihuas Ancash Quechua, qws (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for South Bolivian Quechua, quh (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Southern Conchucos Ancash Quechua, qxo (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Southern Pastaza Quechua, qup (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Tena Lowland Quichua, quw (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua, qur (behind paywall)
- Ethnologue entry for Yauyos Quechua, qux (behind paywall)
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Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Quechua n
- Quechua (language)
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