Quichua

[ keech-wah, -wuh ]

noun

, plural Quich·uas, (especially collectively) Quich·ua.

1. Quechua ( def 2 ).

Quichua

/ ˈkɪtʃwə /

noun

1. a variant of Quechua

Example Sentences

Their dialect, the Cauqui, contains many radical words of the Quichua language.

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In the southern parts of the country, particularly about Cuzco, the Quichua is spoken.

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In Quichua poetry, the lines are short, and seldom thoroughly rhythmical.

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Of the Quichua, Quiteña, and Lama languages several grammars and dictionaries exist.

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In parenthesis it should be added that Quichua verse is still cultivated artificially in Peru and Ecuador.

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