Many words from this language are names of Andean animals and birds ("condor", "llama") as well as products from the plants of the region ("cocoa", "quinine").
Word | Meaning | Notes |
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cocoa | A seed from which a powder is extracted. | |
condor | Andean vulture. One of many animal words from Quechua. | |
gaucho | poor person | South American mounted herdsman. |
guanaco | Wild brown relative of the llama. | |
guano | dung | Sea bird excrement used as a fertiliser. |
Inca | lord | Pre-Spanish culture in Peru. |
jerky | dried | Dried meat. |
llama | Domesticated Andean relative of the camel. Pronounced 'YAMMA'. | |
maté | Tea made from cocoa leaves. | |
pampa | plain | Large treeless plains in South America. |
puma | Large South American cat. | |
quinine | bark | Extract from the bark of a tree used for malaria. |
totora | A reed used for boat making. | |
vicuña | Andean deer-like relative of the llama. |