"Quechua" meaning in English

See Quechua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃəwə/ Audio: en-us-Quechua.ogg
Etymology: Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{uder|en|qu|qhichwa|lit=temperate valley}} Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Quechua
  1. The language spoken by these people. Categories (topical): Languages Derived forms: Quechuan Related terms: Inca, Quichua Translations (language): كِتْشْوَا (kitšwā) [feminine] (Arabic), كيشوا (kitshwā) [feminine] (Arabic), կեչուա (kečʻua) (Armenian), ке́чуа (kéčua) (Bulgarian), quítxua (Catalan), 克丘亞語 (Chinese Mandarin), 克丘亚语 (Kèqiūyàyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), кечуа (keč̬ua) (Chuvash), kečuánština (Czech), quechua (Danish), Quechua [neuter] (Dutch), Keĉua lingvo (Esperanto), kesjva [neuter] (Faroese), ketšua (Finnish), quechua [masculine] (French), quechua [masculine] (Galician), Quechua [neuter] (German), quechua (Interlingua), Ceatsuais [feminine] (Irish), quechua [masculine] (Italian), ケチュア語 (Kechua-go) (Japanese), 케추아어 (Kechua'eo) (Korean), quechua (Limburgish), kečujų kalba (Lithuanian), kechuadungun (Mapudungun), केच्वा (kecvā) [feminine] (Marathi), Kéchwa bizaad (Navajo), quechua (Norwegian), keczua [masculine, neuter] (Polish), kiczua [masculine, neuter] (Polish), quíchua (Portuguese), qhichwa (Quechua), runa shimi (Quechua), kichwa shimi (Quechua), runa simi (Quechua), qhichwa simi (Quechua), ке́чуа (kéčua) [indeclinable, masculine] (Russian), kečuanščina (Slovene), quechua [masculine] (Spanish), quechua (Swedish), Cetshwa (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Quechua-en-name-4qHzPkYT Disambiguation of Languages: 48 52

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃəwə/ Audio: en-us-Quechua.ogg Forms: Quechuas [plural], Quechua [plural]
Etymology: Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{uder|en|qu|qhichwa|lit=temperate valley}} Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Quechua}} Quechua (plural Quechuas or Quechua)
  1. A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia. Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Quechuan Translations (member of the Quechua ethnic group): केच्वा (kecvā) (Marathi), Quétchoa [masculine] (Occitan), quíchua [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "keč̬ua",
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      "word": "kečuánština"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "kesjva"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "ketšua"
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      "lang": "French",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "quechua"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "quechua"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "Quechua"
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      "code": "ia",
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      "sense": "language",
      "word": "quechua"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Ceatsuais"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "quechua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kechua-go",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ケチュア語"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Kechua'eo",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "케추아어"
    },
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      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "quechua"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "language",
      "word": "kečujų kalba"
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      "sense": "language",
      "word": "kechuadungun"
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      "code": "mr",
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      "roman": "kecvā",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "केच्वा"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Kéchwa bizaad"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "quechua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "keczua"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kiczua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "quíchua"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
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      "word": "qhichwa"
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      "word": "ке́чуа"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "kečuanščina"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "quechua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "quechua"
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      "sense": "language",
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}

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