NOUN
- a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire
- a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
- the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
How To Use Kechua In A Sentence
- The name = = written also Qquichua, Quechua, Kechua = = most probably signifies those who "speak correctly", as distinguished from tribes from alien stock. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
- If your familiarity with languages is limited to exposure to those of the Indo-European family, and your knowledge of, say, Chinese is about as extensive as your mastery of Swahili or Kechua, you may be interested in learning more about Chinese from a book I have been reading with great interest, VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 2
- And rhatany, a leguminous shrub of South America, shows tampering with what must have been a Kechua word. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4
- They represented Kechua, Cheyenne, Yucatec and Kechin Maya, Mapuche, Cuna and numerous other indigenous groups from Alaska and British Columbia to Hawaii, and Panama to Argentina. Theartblog
- And rhatany, a leguminous shrub of South America, shows tampering with what must have been a Kechua word. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4