Inca

See also: inca, and încă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋkə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Homophone: inker (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkə

Noun

Inca (plural Incas or Inca)

1. A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.
   • 2007 June 24, Arthur Lubow, “The Possessed”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     To honor the spirits that take form as mountains, the Inca stoneworkers carved rock outcrops to replicate their shapes.

   • 2010 August 16, Simon Romero, “High in the Andes, Keeping an Incan Mystery Alive”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Archaeologists say the Incas, brought down by the Spanish conquest, used khipus – strands of woolen cords made from the hair of animals like llamas or alpacas – as an alternative to writing.

Derived terms

• Inca dove
• Inca lily
• Incan
• Peruvian Inca Orchid

 

Translations

member of the group of Quechuan peoples

• Catalan: inca m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印加 (zh) (Yìnjiā)

• Czech: Inka (cs) m
• Danish: inka c
• Esperanto: Inkao (male), Inkaino (female)
• Finnish: inka (fi)
• German: Inka (de) m
• Icelandic: Inki m
• Irish: Inceach m
• Japanese: インカ (Inka)
• Korean: 잉카 (Ingka), 잉카인 (Ingkain)
• Latin: Inca m
• Marathi: इन्का (inkā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inka m

  Nynorsk: inka m

• Polish: Inka (pl) m
• Portuguese: inca m or f
• Russian: и́нка (ru) (ínka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Инка m or f

  Roman: Inka (sh) m or f

• Spanish: inca (es) m or f

Anagrams

• NIAC, Naic, Cain, -cain-, cinA, Nica, cain, NACI, inca

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈiŋ.ka]

Proper noun

Inca ?

1. A city on the Mallorca island, Balearic Islands, Spain

Related terms

• inquer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Quechua Inka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋ.kaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: In‧ca

Noun

Inca m or f (plural Inca's)

1. Inca (member of a Quechuan people)

Derived terms

• incalelie
• Incarijk
• Incastad
• Incatempel
• Incavolk

Latin

Noun

Inca m (genitive Incae); first declension

1. (New Latin) an Inca
   • (Can we date this quote?), In Archivos/Arquivos do Instituto de Pesquisas Agronomicas (GBS):

     Ex genere forsan Incarum et Aztecarum, qui etiam a pristina prolapsi erant humanitate, cum eis obviam ierunt Hispanici Domitores.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1815, Joannis Severinus Vaterus (Johann Severin Vater), Linguarum totius orbis Index alphabeticus, quarum Grammaticae, Lexica, collectiones vocabulorum recensentur, patria significatur, historia adumbratur (Litteratur der Grammatiken, Lexica und Wörtersammlungen aller Sprachen der Erde nach alphabetischer Ordnung der Sprachen, mit einer gedrängten Uebersicht des Vaterlandes, der Schicksale und Verwandtschaft derselben), Berlin, p. 196:

     Lingua Peruviae propriae ab Incis per totum eorum imperium propagata, cuius cum aliis linguis nexum aliquem habuit, cum Aimara cognationem.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Inca	Incae
genitive	Incae	Incārum
dative	Incae	Incīs
accusative	Incam	Incās
ablative	Incā	Incīs
vocative	Inca	Incae

Quechua

Noun

Inca

1. Alternative form of Inka

Declension

declension of Inca

	singular	plural
nominative	Inca	Incakuna
accusative	Incata	Incakunata
dative	Incaman	Incakunaman
genitive	Incap	Incakunap
locative	Incapi	Incakunapi
terminative	Incakama	Incakunakama
ablative	Incamanta	Incakunamanta
instrumental	Incawan	Incakunawan
comitative	Incantin	Incakunantin
abessive	Incannaq	Incakunannaq
comparative	Incahina	Incakunahina
causative	Incarayku	Incakunarayku
benefactive	Incapaq	Incakunapaq
associative	Incapura	Incakunapura
distributive	Incanka	Incakunanka
exclusive	Incalla	Incakunalla

possessive forms of Inca

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	Incay	Incaykuna
accusative	Incayta	Incaykunata
dative	Incayman	Incaykunaman
genitive	Incaypa	Incaykunap
locative	Incaypi	Incaykunapi
terminative	Incaykama	Incaykunakama
ablative	Incaymanta	Incaykunamanta
instrumental	Incaywan	Incaykunawan
comitative	Incaynintin	Incaykunantin
abessive	Incayninnaq	Incaykunannaq
comparative	Incayhina	Incaykunahina
causative	Incayrayku	Incaykunarayku
benefactive	Incaypaq	Incaykunapaq
associative	Incaypura	Incaykunapura
distributive	Incayninka	Incaykunanka
exclusive	Incaylla	Incaykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	Incayki	Incaykikuna
accusative	Incaykita	Incaykikunata
dative	Incaykiman	Incaykikunaman
genitive	Incaykipa	Incaykikunap
locative	Incaykipi	Incaykikunapi
terminative	Incaykikama	Incaykikunakama
ablative	Incaykimanta	Incaykikunamanta
instrumental	Incaykiwan	Incaykikunawan
comitative	Incaykintin	Incaykikunantin
abessive	Incaykinnaq	Incaykikunannaq
comparative	Incaykihina	Incaykikunahina
causative	Incaykirayku	Incaykikunarayku
benefactive	Incaykipaq	Incaykikunapaq
associative	Incaykipura	Incaykikunapura
distributive	Incaykinka	Incaykikunanka
exclusive	Incaykilla	Incaykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	Incan	Incankuna
accusative	Incanta	Incankunata
dative	Incanman	Incankunaman
genitive	Incanpa	Incankunap
locative	Incanpi	Incankunapi
terminative	Incankama	Incankunakama
ablative	Incanmanta	Incankunamanta
instrumental	Incanwan	Incankunawan
comitative	Incanintin	Incankunantin
abessive	Incanninnaq	Incankunannaq
comparative	Incanhina	Incankunahina
causative	Incanrayku	Incankunarayku
benefactive	Incanpaq	Incankunapaq
associative	Incanpura	Incankunapura
distributive	Incaninka	Incankunanka
exclusive	Incanlla	Incankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	Incanchik	Incanchikkuna
accusative	Incanchikta	Incanchikkunata
dative	Incanchikman	Incanchikkunaman
genitive	Incanchikpa	Incanchikkunap
locative	Incanchikpi	Incanchikkunapi
terminative	Incanchikkama	Incanchikkunakama
ablative	Incanchikmanta	Incanchikkunamanta
instrumental	Incanchikwan	Incanchikkunawan
comitative	Incanchiknintin	Incanchikkunantin
abessive	Incanchikninnaq	Incanchikkunannaq
comparative	Incanchikhina	Incanchikkunahina
causative	Incanchikrayku	Incanchikkunarayku
benefactive	Incanchikpaq	Incanchikkunapaq
associative	Incanchikpura	Incanchikkunapura
distributive	Incanchikninka	Incanchikkunanka
exclusive	Incanchiklla	Incanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	Incayku	Incaykukuna
accusative	Incaykuta	Incaykukunata
dative	Incaykuman	Incaykukunaman
genitive	Incaykupa	Incaykukunap
locative	Incaykupi	Incaykukunapi
terminative	Incaykukama	Incaykukunakama
ablative	Incaykumanta	Incaykukunamanta
instrumental	Incaykuwan	Incaykukunawan
comitative	Incaykuntin	Incaykukunantin
abessive	Incaykunnaq	Incaykukunannaq
comparative	Incaykuhina	Incaykukunahina
causative	Incaykurayku	Incaykukunarayku
benefactive	Incaykupaq	Incaykukunapaq
associative	Incaykupura	Incaykukunapura
distributive	Incaykunka	Incaykukunanka
exclusive	Incaykulla	Incaykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	Incaykichik	Incaykichikkuna
accusative	Incaykichikta	Incaykichikkunata
dative	Incaykichikman	Incaykichikkunaman
genitive	Incaykichikpa	Incaykichikkunap
locative	Incaykichikpi	Incaykichikkunapi
terminative	Incaykichikkama	Incaykichikkunakama
ablative	Incaykichikmanta	Incaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	Incaykichikwan	Incaykichikkunawan
comitative	Incaykichiknintin	Incaykichikkunantin
abessive	Incaykichikninnaq	Incaykichikkunannaq
comparative	Incaykichikhina	Incaykichikkunahina
causative	Incaykichikrayku	Incaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	Incaykichikpaq	Incaykichikkunapaq
associative	Incaykichikpura	Incaykichikkunapura
distributive	Incaykichikninka	Incaykichikkunanka
exclusive	Incaykichiklla	Incaykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	Incanku	Incankukuna
accusative	Incankuta	Incankukunata
dative	Incankuman	Incankukunaman
genitive	Incankupa	Incankukunap
locative	Incankupi	Incankukunapi
terminative	Incankukama	Incankukunakama
ablative	Incankumanta	Incankukunamanta
instrumental	Incankuwan	Incankukunawan
comitative	Incankuntin	Incankukunantin
abessive	Incankunnaq	Incankukunannaq
comparative	Incankuhina	Incankukunahina
causative	Incankurayku	Incankukunarayku
benefactive	Incankupaq	Incankukunapaq
associative	Incankupura	Incankukunapura
distributive	Incankunka	Incankukunanka
exclusive	Incankulla	Incankukunalla