On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Quechua. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as amerind or quechuan and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Quechua meaning
A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.
Synonyms of Quechua
Using Quechua
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.
- Useful related words include: kechua, american indian, american-indian language, amerindian language.
- In the example corpus, quechua often appears in combinations such as: the quechua, of quechua, in quechua.
Context around Quechua
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quechua
- In this selection, "quechua" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, labeled, written, central, speakers, words and language stand out and add context to how "quechua" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include varieties of quechua and a to quechua i adelaar. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quechua" sits close to words such as abdulrahman, accessorised and acropolis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quechua
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It explains Quechua words in Quechua itself and in Spanish and English. (12 words)
In Bolivia, particularly, Quechua words are used extensively even by non-Quechua speakers. (13 words)
It offers a quantity of texts in Quechua in diverse quechua dialects and languages. (14 words)
The rock and blues band Uchpa ("ashes" in Quechua) has been a pioneer in this effort, with Andean folklore and "" (as Quechua also is known) having been the defining feature of their music over a career spanning more than 25 years. (41 words)
He said in Peru the opposite is happening — his people are still so oppressed many try to hide their Quechua identity and would rather acknowledge their one drop of white blood than self-identify as Indigenous. (36 words)
In Quechua ( Southern Quechua used for the examples), zero copula is restricted to present tense in third person singular (kan): Payqa runam "(s)he is a human"; but: (paykuna) runakunam kanku "(they) are human". (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
They can be labeled Quechua I (or Quechua B, central) and Quechua II (or Quechua A, peripheral).
Willem Adelaar adheres to the Quechua I / Quechua II (central/peripheral) bifurcation, but partially following later modifications by Torero, reassigns part of Quechua II-A to Quechua I: Adelaar 2004.
However, written Quechua is not rarely much(?) by Quechua-speakers because of the lack of printed referential material in Quechua.
The greatest diversity is within Central Quechua, Quechua I, which is believed to lie close to the homeland of the ancestral Proto-Quechua language.
The rock and blues band Uchpa ("ashes" in Quechua) has been a pioneer in this effort, with Andean folklore and "" (as Quechua also is known) having been the defining feature of their music over a career spanning more than 25 years.
He includes Chachapoyas and Lamas in North Peruvian Quechua so Ecuadorian is synonymous with Northern Quechua.
In Bolivia, particularly, Quechua words are used extensively even by non-Quechua speakers.
In Quechua ( Southern Quechua used for the examples), zero copula is restricted to present tense in third person singular (kan): Payqa runam "(s)he is a human"; but: (paykuna) runakunam kanku "(they) are human".
It explains Quechua words in Quechua itself and in Spanish and English.
It offers a quantity of texts in Quechua in diverse quechua dialects and languages.
Phonology The description below applies to the Cusco Quechua ; there are significant differences in other varieties of Quechua.
Quechua and Spanish are now heavily intermixed, with many hundreds of Spanish loanwords in Quechua.
Sometimes, the affix is described as attaching to the focus, especially when in reference to Tarma Quechua, Weber 1986, p. 145. but that does not hold true for all varieties of Quechua.
The diversity of Quechua at that point and even today does not come directly from the Incas, who were just a part of the reason for Quechua's diversity.
The official language of the empire was Quechua, although hundreds of local languages and dialects of Quechua were spoken.
There has also been an increasing and organized effort to teach Quechua in public schools in the areas where Quechua is spoken.
He said in Peru the opposite is happening — his people are still so oppressed many try to hide their Quechua identity and would rather acknowledge their one drop of white blood than self-identify as Indigenous.
He tailors the area of focus and vocabulary depending on what students want to use their Quechua for.
In Chumbivilcas, there is a tradition known as Takanakuy, which means “when the blood is boiling” in Quechua, the local indigenous language.
The hill, which has remains of ancient mud walls, was a “huaca”, a Quechua word meaning oracle or sacred place.
Common combinations with quechua
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the quechua 12×
- of quechua 11×
- in quechua 9×
- wanka quechua 6×
- quechua quechua 4×
- quechua and 4×
- quechua languages 4×
- quechua is 3×
- as quechua 3×
- quechua words 3×