quechua

quechua

See also: Quechua and quéchua

Danish

Etymology

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Noun

quechua

1. The Quechua language.

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French

Alternative forms

• quichua, kechua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.ʃɥa/, /ket.ʃwa/, /kɛt.ʃwa/, /ket.ʃu.wa/, /kɛt.ʃu.wa/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

quechua m (uncountable)

1. the Quechua language

Further reading

• “quechua”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Adjective

quechua m or f (plural quechuas)

1. Quechuan

Noun

quechua m or f (plural quechuas)

1. A member of the Quechua people.

Noun

quechua m (uncountable)

1. Quechua (language)

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈke.tʃwa/

Proper noun

quechua

1. Quechua (language)

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish quechua.

Adjective

quechua m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. Quechua

Declension

Declension of quechua (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	quechua		quechua	quechua	quechua
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	quechua		quechua	quechua	quechua
	definite	—		—	—	—

Noun

quechua m (plural quechua)

1. Quechua

Declension

Declension of quechua

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) quechua	quechuaul	(niște) quechua	quechuai
genitive/dative	(unui) quechua	quechuaului	(unor) quechua	quechualor
vocative	quechuaule		quechualor

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• kichwa
• quichua (Ecuador)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈket͡ʃwa/ [ˈke.t͡ʃwa]

• Audio (Peru)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -etʃwa
• Syllabification: que‧chua

Adjective

quechua (plural quechuas)

1. Quechuan

Noun

quechua m (uncountable)

1. Quechua (language)

Noun

quechua m or f (plural quechuas)

1. Quechua (member of one of several South American ethnic groups)

Further reading

• “quechua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014