Quichua

[ keech-wah, -wuh ]

/ ˈkitʃ wɑ, -wə /

Quechua.

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Quechua

[ kech-wah, -wuh ]

/ ˈkɛtʃ wɑ, -wə /

the language of the Inca civilization, presently spoken by about 7 million people in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

a member of an Indian people of Peru speaking Quechua.

He has been so long in the country (thirteen years) his English would now and then run off into Spanish or Quichua.

The Andes and the Amazon |James Orton
It must be pointed out, however, that other authorities regard the Aymara and Quichua as entirely distinct.

Man, Past and Present |Agustus Henry Keane
Of the Quichua, Quiteña, and Lama languages several grammars and dictionaries exist.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests |J. J. von Tschudi
Uru is the Quichua word for caterpillars or grubs, pampa means flat land.

Inca Land |Hiram Bingham

The words of the song—or hymn, rather—were Quichua, and Escombe was therefore unable to gather the sense of them.

Harry Escombe |Harry Collingwood

Quichua

/ (ˈkɪtʃwə) /

a variant of Quechua

Quechua

/ (ˈkɛtʃwə) /

plural -uas or -ua a member of any of a group of South American Indian peoples of the Andes, including the Incas

the language or family of languages spoken by these peoples, possibly distantly related to the Tupï-Guarani family

Quechuan, Kechuan or Quichuan, adjective, noun