Quechuan

American  

[kech-wuhn] / ˈkɛtʃ wən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Quechua language or people.

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noun

plural

Quechuans,

plural

Quechuan

1. Quechua.

Etymology

Origin of Quechuan

First recorded in 1835–45; Quechu(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Each word, whether French or Quechuan, seemed to hold double meaning, so full-bodied was her vocal production.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

True language mixing can produce weird and wonderful offspring like Media Lengua, which combines Quechuan grammar and Spanish vocabulary to form an “in-between” tongue spoken by some indigenous Ecuadorians.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2019

Still, roughly 10 million people throughout the area of the former Incan Empire have preserved their culture and still speak Quechuan.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2016