Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of or pertaining to the Quechua people or language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Quechua, the language spoken by the Quechua people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Quechua
Antonyms: none provided
name
Such languages considered as a family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A member of the Quechua people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Quechua
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to the Quechua or their language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Kechuan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Synonyms: Quechua, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
History
Etymology tree English Quechua Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Quechuan From Quechua + -an.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
