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Example sentences for: quechua

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A great many words in Quechua begin with hua- or gua- (used interchangeably), so when the hacienda owner tells his Indian quachimán to keep a sharp lookout on his nightly rounds, neither may realize that the word derives from watchman . And when Mami is persuaded that daughter needs a new sweater and buys her a chompa , neither may think of the long departed Englishwomen whose jumpers brought the word into the language.
Many have become so naturalized as to sound sometimes Castilian, sometimes indigenous, as if they belonged in Quechua, for example.
My theory for this oddity is that the artist misunderstood his commission; in Spanish llama means flame, while in Quechua it is the name of the furry beast.