qichwa

== Quechua == === Alternative forms === qhichwa (Cuzco-Collao) qhiswa (Cuzco) qheswa === Etymology === From Proto-Quechuan *qiĉwa (“temperate area, valley”). It is theorized that its use as a glottonym was brought about by the Spanish and that the language had no specific name in pre-colonial times. Instead, it would have been taken from the "Quichoa" people of today's Apurímac, who would have taken their ethnonym from the "valleys" (*qiĉwa) where they lived and who, according to tradition, would have been the first disseminators of Cuzco Quechua. This theory, however, is disputed. A competing theory holds that the Incas had a sophisticated system of naming languages according to ecological regions. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /qɪt͡ʃ.wa/ (Ayacucho) IPA(key): [χɪt͡ʃ.wa] (Cuzco) IPA(key): [qʰes.wa] (South Bolivian) IPA(key): [qʰeʃ.wa] === Noun === qichwa temperate area, sierra valley, valley. Andean altitude between 2,300 m and 3,500 m. Quechua people Quechua language Synonym: runa simi (weaving) a valley motif ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === Menacho López, Leonel A.; Ministry of Education of Peru (2005), “qichwa”, in Yachakuqkunapa shimi qullqa Anqash qichwa simichaw [Children's dictionary in Ancash Quechua], Lima: Ministry of Education of Peru, →ISBN, page 66 Palomino Rojas, Gedeón; Quintero Bendezú, Genaro R.; Ministry of Education of Peru (2014), “qichwa”, in Yachakuqkunapa simi qullqa Ayakuchu Chanka qichwa simipi [Children's dictionary in Ayacucho-Chanca Quechua]‎[3], Lima: Ministry of Education of Peru, →ISBN, page 110 Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2005), “Qheswa”, in Diccionario quechua-español-quechua/Qheswa-español-qheswa simi taqe, Cuzco: Regional Government of Cuzco, page 158, columns 1–2 Laime Ajacopa, Teofilo (2007), “qhichwa”, in Diccionario bilingüe / Iskay simipi yuyayk’ancha quechua-castellano castellano-quechua‎[4], 2 edition, La Paz: (versión preliminar), page 94, column 1 Itier, César (2017), Diccionario quechua sureño-castellano (con un índice castellano-quechua) [Southern Quechua-Spanish Dictionary (with a Spanish-Quechua index)], Lima: Editorial Comentarios, →ISBN, page 179