Quechuanadj.n.

1769 tr. P. de Charlevoix Hist. Paraguay I. iii. 183 But in the Quitchoane language [Fr. la langue Quitchoane], which is the original language of Peru, they call Chacu, those great flocks of deer goats, and such other wild animals, which the inhabitants of this part of America drive together when they hunt them.

1853 F. L. Hawks tr. M. E. Rivero & J. J. von Tschudi Peruvian Antiq. v. 93 We here present a short review..of the character of the Quichuan or Peruvian tongue [Sp. la lengua quichua].

1862 R. G. Latham Elements Compar. Philol. 482 The capital Cuzco, Quichuan as it is in many respects, is a town upon Aymara ground.

1898 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 37 194 These facts leave no reasonable doubt that this tribe was of the Quechuan stock.

1901 A. H. Keane Central & S. Amer. 207 The Incas were originally a tribe of Quichuan stock.

1931 W. A. Read Louisiana-French 142 A French adaptation of Spanish ñapa, which is taken in turn from Kechuan yapa, ‘a present made to a customer’.

1973 K. Benton Craig & Jaguar xii. 190 The men, under Huaman's directions, spiced with obscene Quechuan oaths, lowered it.

1999 P. Farris Women Artists of Color 216 The stone figures in her paintings make reference to huaca, a sacred object or place in Quechuan mythology.

1843 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man xlv. 431 Among the Peruvian nations, the dominant race were the Quichuas, or Incas, distinguished by their language, which is the Quichuan.

1910 Geogr. Jrnl. 36 212 Cacan, their own tongue, differed altogether from Quechuan.

1964 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 30 285 Morris Swadesh suggests..that Tarasco should not be given as an isolated one-phylum language, because it has strong similarities with Quechuan and Zuñi.

1998 H. B. Ryan Fall of Che Guevara i. 36 Guevara was ‘seen’ around the world. For example, he was spotted in Peru, speaking Quechuan to Indian guerrillas.

1871 J. Orton Andes & Amazon vi. 112 The Incas reached an astronomical knowledge which astonished the Spaniards, but the Quichuans of to-day count vaguely by moons and rains.

1894 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 7 307 Four centuries of oppression have not tended to raise the spirits of the poor Quichuan.

1926 Hispania 9 253 It would be well if the speech habits of the Spanish-speaking people of the Maya country were compared with those of the Mayas, the speech habits of the Spanish-speaking people of Cuzco with those of the Quechuans, and so forth.

1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. iii. 35 A large majority of Aymarans and Quechuans are monoglots.

2002 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 27 Apr. The main guide, Rene, a Quechuan born and bred in Cusco, inspired us all with his enthusiasm.