Associations to the word «Quechua»
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Wiktionary
QUECHUA, noun. A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.
QUECHUA, proper noun. The language spoken by these people.
Dictionary definition
QUECHUA, noun. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire.
QUECHUA, noun. A community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire.
QUECHUA, noun. The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.