inka

See also: Inka, -inka, and -inką

Classical Quechua

Alternative forms

• inqa
• ynga, ynca, inga, inca (Hispanic spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.ka/

Noun

inka

1. emperor of the Inca Empire

Coordinate terms

• quya
• Tawantin suyu

Derived terms

• sapa inka

Descendants

• → Spanish: inca, inka, inga
  • → English: Inca

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish inca, from Quechua inka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋkɑ/, [ˈiŋkɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iŋkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): in‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): in‧ka

Noun

inka

1. Inca

Declension

Inflection of inka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		inka	inkat
genitive		inkan	inkojen
partitive		inkaa	inkoja
illative		inkaan	inkoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		inka	inkat
accusative	nom.	inka	inkat
	gen.	inkan
genitive		inkan	inkojen inkain rare
partitive		inkaa	inkoja
inessive		inkassa	inkoissa
elative		inkasta	inkoista
illative		inkaan	inkoihin
adessive		inkalla	inkoilla
ablative		inkalta	inkoilta
allative		inkalle	inkoille
essive		inkana	inkoina
translative		inkaksi	inkoiksi
abessive		inkatta	inkoitta
instructive		—	inkoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of inka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative inkani inkani accusative nom. inkani inkani gen. inkani genitive inkani inkojeni inkaini rare partitive inkaani inkojani inessive inkassani inkoissani elative inkastani inkoistani illative inkaani inkoihini adessive inkallani inkoillani ablative inkaltani inkoiltani allative inkalleni inkoilleni essive inkanani inkoinani translative inkakseni inkoikseni abessive inkattani inkoittani instructive — — comitative — inkoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative inkasi inkasi accusative nom. inkasi inkasi gen. inkasi genitive inkasi inkojesi inkaisi rare partitive inkaasi inkojasi inessive inkassasi inkoissasi elative inkastasi inkoistasi illative inkaasi inkoihisi adessive inkallasi inkoillasi ablative inkaltasi inkoiltasi allative inkallesi inkoillesi essive inkanasi inkoinasi translative inkaksesi inkoiksesi abessive inkattasi inkoittasi instructive — — comitative — inkoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative inkamme inkamme accusative nom. inkamme inkamme gen. inkamme genitive inkamme inkojemme inkaimme rare partitive inkaamme inkojamme inessive inkassamme inkoissamme elative inkastamme inkoistamme illative inkaamme inkoihimme adessive inkallamme inkoillamme ablative inkaltamme inkoiltamme allative inkallemme inkoillemme essive inkanamme inkoinamme translative inkaksemme inkoiksemme abessive inkattamme inkoittamme instructive — — comitative — inkoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative inkanne inkanne accusative nom. inkanne inkanne gen. inkanne genitive inkanne inkojenne inkainne rare partitive inkaanne inkojanne inessive inkassanne inkoissanne elative inkastanne inkoistanne illative inkaanne inkoihinne adessive inkallanne inkoillanne ablative inkaltanne inkoiltanne allative inkallenne inkoillenne essive inkananne inkoinanne translative inkaksenne inkoiksenne abessive inkattanne inkoittanne instructive — — comitative — inkoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative inkansa inkansa accusative nom. inkansa inkansa gen. inkansa genitive inkansa inkojensa inkainsa rare partitive inkaansa inkojaan inkojansa inessive inkassaan inkassansa inkoissaan inkoissansa elative inkastaan inkastansa inkoistaan inkoistansa illative inkaansa inkoihinsa adessive inkallaan inkallansa inkoillaan inkoillansa ablative inkaltaan inkaltansa inkoiltaan inkoiltansa allative inkalleen inkallensa inkoilleen inkoillensa essive inkanaan inkanansa inkoinaan inkoinansa translative inkakseen inkaksensa inkoikseen inkoiksensa abessive inkattaan inkattansa inkoittaan inkoittansa instructive — — comitative — inkoineen inkoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• inkakulttuuri
• inka-marja
• inkavaltio

Further reading

• “inka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• Akin, Kain, kani, kina

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈinka/ [ˈin.ka]
• Rhymes: -inka
• Syllabification: in‧ka

Noun

inka (plural inka-inka)

1. (management) syllabic abbreviation of informasi kepegawaian

Further reading

• “inka”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

inka

1. Rōmaji transcription of いんか

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɪnka

Noun

inka f

1. alternative form of linka

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish inca, from Quechua inka.

Noun

inka m (definite singular inkaen, indefinite plural inkaer, definite plural inkaene)

1. an Inca

References

• “inka” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “inka” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish inca, from Quechua inka.

Noun

inka m (definite singular inkaen, indefinite plural inkaer or inkaar, definite plural inkaene or inkaane)

1. an Inca

References

• “inka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wet.

Pronoun

inka

1. Of you two; genitive dual of git

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is
dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka
plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Quechua

Alternative forms

• inqa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.ka/

Noun

inka

1. emperor of the Inca Empire
2. male of royal blood

Coordinate terms

• quya
• Tawantin suyu

Derived terms

• sapa inka

Descendants

• → Spanish: inca
  • → English: Inca

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

Borrowed from an extinct Sog-Eastern Sudanic language in 500BC into the Proto-Great Lakes Bantu language. It originally meant "cattle camp" in the extinct Sog languages. Compare with Proto-Songhay *ga/*ka:h (“cattle camp or homestead”). Cognate with Luganda ekika (“clan”), Gusii inka (“home”) and Lamba icinka (“cattle camp”).

• less likely, from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language. Compare with Proto-South Cushitic *xah- (“body, flesh, skin”)

Noun

inká class 9 (plural inká class 10)

1. cow, cattle

References

• Schoenbrun, David (1993), “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
• An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎^[2], 1998, pages 60, 306

Spanish

Noun

inka m or f by sense (plural inkas)

1. alternative spelling of inca