Quechua

C2 Topic:Communication

US /ˈkɛtʃwə/ UK /ˈkɛtʃwə/ See IPA manual

Freq #61025

Meanings

1

noun
a family of closely related Indigenous languages spoken across the Andes, especially in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile

The community radio station broadcasts daily news in Quechua.
2

noun
a member of one of the Indigenous Andean peoples whose ancestral language is Quechua

The Quechua described farming practices adapted to high-altitude valleys.
3

adj
relating to Quechua languages, peoples, or cultures

The archive preserves Quechua songs recorded in several regions of Peru.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a family of closely related... RunasimiQuechuan languages

2 noun · a member of one of the... Quechua person

3 adj · relating to quechua... Quechuan

Word family

Derived forms QuechuanQuechua-speaking

Related forms AndesPeruBoliviaIncaRunasimi

Etymology

Borrowed through Spanish quechua from Quechua qhichwa, traditionally glossed as "temperate valley" and then applied to its inhabitants and speech. Many speakers call the language Runasimi, literally "people's language."

Topics

Communication

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# Quechua

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɛtʃwə/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɛtʃwə/
**Frequency rank:** 61025

## Meanings
1. a family of closely related Indigenous languages spoken across the Andes, especially in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile
2. a member of one of the Indigenous Andean peoples whose ancestral language is Quechua
3. relating to Quechua languages, peoples, or cultures

## Examples
- The community radio station broadcasts daily news in Quechua.
- The Quechua described farming practices adapted to high-altitude valleys.
- The archive preserves Quechua songs recorded in several regions of Peru.

## Synonyms
- Runasimi
- Quechuan languages
- Quechuan

## Derived Forms
- Quechuan
- Quechua-speaking

## Related Forms
- Andes
- Peru
- Bolivia
- Inca
- Runasimi

## Etymology
Borrowed through Spanish quechua from Quechua qhichwa, traditionally glossed as "temperate valley" and then applied to its inhabitants and speech. Many speakers call the language Runasimi, literally "people's language."

## Topics
- Communication

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