paccha

[ paht-chah ]

noun

1. an Incan wooden container for holding liquids.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paccha¹

From the Quechua word phaqcha

Example Sentences

In the stands was Dolores Guzman, a 50-year-old street vendor and the lone survivor of a 1984 massacre in the community of Paccha, now a ghost town on the shores of the Apurimac River.

From US News

It is compounded of Paccha, the earth, and camac, the participle present of caman, to produce something from nothing.

From Project Gutenberg

Cacha was conquered by Huayna Capac about 1487, and Calicuchima entered the service of Atahualpa who was his kinsman through Paccha his cousin, Huayna Capac's wife.

From Project Gutenberg