Quechuaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃəwə/

名詞

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.

   Synonym: Quechuan

   • 1972, Lytle Robinson, chapter 5, in Edgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man, USA: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 105:

     The Quechuas, a tribe of the Inca people, were Indians of the red race and with an appearance and trait which is distinctly American. “They are”, says Victor W. Von Hagen in his book, Realm of the Incas, “of medium height, and inclined to be thickset, with large hands, small wrists, a disproportionately large chest (developed for breathing at high altitudes), well-developed legs, and wide-spreading feet. They are broad-headed, with high cheekbones, prominent aquiline noses, and small, almond-shaped eyes.” There are still five million of them in the Andes.

固有名詞

Quechua

1. The language spoken by these people.
   • 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery‎, archived from the original on 24 May 2024:

     If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.

派生語

• Quechuan

参考

• Inca
• Quichua
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Quechua terms
• Appendix:Quechua Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Quechua

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code qu, ISO 639-3 code que (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Quechua, que ⁠, a macrolanguage including: