name
Meaning 1
The language spoken by these people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Quechua
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/
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/ˈkɛt͡ʃəwə/
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noun
Meaning 2
A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Quechuan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
noun
Meaning 4
a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Kechua
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: community
noun
Meaning 5
a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Kechua
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: South American Indian
Narrower terms: Inca, Inka, Incan
History
Etymology
Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: كِتْشْوَا (kitšwā) — language
- Arabic: كيشوا (kitshwā) — language
- Armenian: կեչուա (kečʻua) — language
- Bulgarian: ке́чуа (kéčua) — language
- Catalan: quítxua — language
- Cherokee: ᎨᏧᏩ (getsuwa) — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 克丘亞語 /克丘亚语 (Kèqiūyàyǔ) — language
- Chuvash: кечуа (keč̬ua) — language
- Czech: kečuánština — language
- Danish: quechua — language
- Dutch: Quechua — language
- Esperanto: Keĉua lingvo — language
- Faroese: kesjva — language
- Finnish: ketšua — language
- French: quechua — language
- Galician: quechua — language
- German: Quechua — language
- Interlingua: quechua — language
- Irish: Ceatsuais — language
- Italian: quechua — language
- Japanese: ケチュア語 (Kechua-go) — language
- Korean: 케추아어 (Kechua'eo) — language
- Limburgish: quechua — language
- Lithuanian: kečujų kalba — language
- Mapudungun: kechuadungun — language
- Marathi: केच्वा (kecvā) — language
- Navajo: Kéchwa bizaad — language
- Norwegian: quechua — language
- Polish: keczua — language
- Polish: kiczua — language
- Portuguese: quíchua — language
- Quechua: qhichwa — language
- Quechua: runa shimi — language
- Quechua: kichwa shimi — language
- Quechua: runa simi — language
- Quechua: qhichwa simi — language
- Russian: ке́чуа (kéčua) — language
- Slovene: kečuanščina — language
- Spanish: quechua — language
- Swedish: quechua — language
- Welsh: Cetshwa — language
- Marathi: केच्वा (kecvā) — member of the Quechua ethnic group
- Occitan: Quétchoa — member of the Quechua ethnic group
- Portuguese: quíchua — member of the Quechua ethnic group
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