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Quechua

Syllabification: (Quech·ua)
Pronunciation: /ˈkeCHwə/
(also Quecha /ˈkeCHə/, Quichua)
Definition of Quechua

noun (plural same or Quechuas)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of Peru and parts of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador.
  • 2the language or group of languages of the Quechua.

adjective

  • relating to the Quechua people or their language.

Derivatives

Quechuan

Pronunciation: /-wən/
(also Quechan /ˈkeCHən/) adjective & noun

Origin:

Spanish, abbreviation of Quechua qheswa simi 'valley speech', the designation of a Quechua dialect

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