Usage examples (27)

• It's possible that the majority of English speakers who know the word quipu pronounce it "kwipu", but most of them know it only as an obscure piece of historical trivia.
• Really, the word quipu scarcely enters the English language at all, unlike quinine or the edible seed quinoa, which if its current popularity continues may well end up...
• So far as known, the quipu was the only mnemonic system in use in Peru.
• While the Inca developed a basic system of counting using bundled knotted strings known as quipu and an elaborate calendar, they did not use writing.