quechua|quechuas in English

noun

member of a South American Indian people (of Peru, Bolivia, etc.)

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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. For the mtDNA, 81% of Aymaras and 61% of Quechuas presented haplogroup B2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Native American Y-chromosomes were found in 97% of Aymaras (89% hg Q1a3a and 11% hg Q1a3*) and 78% of Quechuas (100% hg Q1a3a).

13. ‘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.’

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

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Two Bolivian samples belonging to the two main Andean linguistic groups (Aymaras and Quechuas) were studied for mtDNA and Y-chromosome uniparental markers to evaluate sex-specific differences and give new insights into the demographic processes of the Andean region

19. 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'.

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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