Inca

See also: inca and încă

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋkə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• 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