quechua in English

noun

1

a member of an American Indian people of Peru and parts of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador.

For more than 500 years we, the Quechuas , Aymaras and Guaranis, the Indians who are native to this noble land, have been subject to slavery.

2

the language or group of languages of the Quechua.

Many serranos speak the Indian language Quichua (descended from the Quechua of the Incas) and some speak no Spanish.

adjective

1

relating to the Quechua people or their language.

C. baccatum varieties are usually called aji and C. pubescens is known as rocoto from the name of the pepper in the Quechua language of the Inca.

Use "quechua" in a sentence

1. The presentation was in Quechua.

2. Adjectives in Quechua are always placed before nouns.

3. Living by Lake Titicaca are the Quechua and Aymara Indians.

4. Arequipa (Aymara: Ariqipa [citation needed]; Quechua: Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru

5. English: Ayacucho (Ayacuchu in Quechua) is the capital city of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru

6. Many linguists believe that Aymara is related to its more widely-spoken neighbor, Quechua

7. In the Cusco region, Quechua was influenced by neighboring languages such as Aymara, which caused it to develop as distinct.

8. The ethnic distribution of Bolivia is estimated to be 30% Quechua-speaking and 25% Aymara-speaking.

9. Native languages are more prominent in Latin America than in Anglo-America, with Nahuatl, Quechua, Aymara and Guaraní as the most common.

10. The Spanish Royal Academy says the Spanish word is a hybrid of the Taíno batata (sweet potato) and the Quechua papa (potato).

11. In the port area of Ilo is Mallqui Center (from the word for 'mummy' in the Quechua language), dedicated to research regarding Chiribaya culture.

12. Guinea pigs are called quwi or jaca in Quechua and cuy or cuyo (plural cuyes, cuyos) in the Spanish of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

13. These include the Nahuatl, Zapotec, Maya and Quinchés in Mexico and Central America, and the Aymara, Quechua and Arawaks in the southern part of the continent

14. Earth Beings is the fruit of Marisol de la Cadena's decade-long conversations with Mariano and Nazario Turpo, father and son, runakuna or Quechua people

15. The letters e and o are not used for native Quechua words because the corresponding sounds are simply allophones of i and u that appear predictably next to q, qh, and q'.

16. Amactus Qabil Guari artinya Anak laki laki yang berjiwa bebas dan tak kenal lelah Amactus (Chamorro):melepaskan diri Qabil (Arab): cakap, terampil Guari (Quechua): ganas, tidak dapat dijinakkan, tak kenal lelah; liar seperti vicuna; dilindungi oleh para dewa

17. Con el quechua como base, y sin caer en Chauvinismos(*), la identidad nacional estará definida y por ende la cohesión de sus ciudadanos, garantizando así la existencia de nuestra nación en el futuro lejano

18. About this artwork Currently Off View Textiles Culture Quechua Title Coca Bag (Chuspa) Origin Bolivia Date Made 1950–1980 Medium Cotton and wool (camelid), stripes of plain weave and plain weave derivatives with complementary patterning warp; central stripe with extended warp creating a woven looped flap; applied tubular crossed-warp weave edging; wool-wrapped overcast stitch bottom edging