The Aymarans consider themselves Aymarans first, and the Quechuans Quechuan. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Bolivia: One Llama's Great Incan Adventure] Reference
Note: The bus driver will complain loudly about time lost while retrieving Quechuan grandmother. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Don't Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers] Reference
Neither one knew any Spanish or Quechuan or German or Portuguese, the commonest languages in Ecuador. From Wordnik.com. [Galapagos]
Over the succeeding centuries, Quechuan culture appropriated knitting and added its own spectacular innovations. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
The elder of the village stated that the Quechuan word means "a coming together of community, to work for the betterment of all.". From Wordnik.com. [From a "Me Generation" to a "We Generation"] Reference
Note: This rule holds true not only for gringos but for Bolivianos of all ages, up to and including 80 year old Quechuan grandmothers. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Don't Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers] Reference
The best Mandarax could do was to identify one word in twenty, maybe, as being closely related to Quechuan, the lingua franca of the Inca Empire. From Wordnik.com. [Galapagos]
Quechua belongs to the group of Quechuan languages. From Wordnik.com. [Site Home] Reference
Slide 12: Willow: (Salix humboldtianas) Grows also in the zone yunga and in the Quechuan. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Most importantly the project enables the women and their family to preserve their Quechuan way of life. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
If Kilcher has a gift for aboriginal royalty (talk about niche specialties), it has less to do with her Quechuan. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Quechuan resident Ricardo Paceo (right) and a compatriot won't let genetically modified seeds enter Cuzco without a fight. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgia Straight - News And Views] Reference
Leonardo, our guide, was having nothing of it, though, because he told us the chicha parlors were dangerous, disorderly places where drunk Bolivians might want to take on a conspicuous, non-Spanish-speaking, non-Quechuan-speaking American. From Wordnik.com. [Gone Mild] Reference
Alejandro Argumedo, Director, Asociación ANDES, a Quechuan agronomist from Peru and a graduate of McGill University, Canada, actively involved in the international policy debate on indigenous knowledge, intellectual property rights, access to genetic resources, benefit sharing, and related biodiversity issues. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
July, 2000 corrector Andrew Rouner, The Electronic Text Center All Native American words have been tagged as "Quechua," though the author makes finer distinctions; not all foreign words have their language of origin indicated in the text, so in some cases, an educated guess was required to tag a word as Spanish or Quechuan. etextcenter@virginia. edu. From Wordnik.com. [Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure] Reference
(7) Restrain Quechuan grandmothers from using their canes to castigate bus drivers, as a severe cane beating will only further delay the bus. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Don't Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers] Reference
(6) Do not underestimate Quechuan grandmothers, who are capable of moving at astonishingly fast clips to catch buses even after they have disappeared from sight. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Don't Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers] Reference
The most interesting aspect of this visit was the textile factory, where workers (who are direct descendents of the Quechuan people and as such, the spiritual owners of. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
(9) Do not be alarmed when you wake up and numerous individuals have shifted seats, leaving you next to the very same Quechuan grandmother, who has fallen asleep with her head on your knee and is, in a strangely endearing way, drooling. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Don't Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers] Reference
(5) If an 80 year old Quechuan grandmother is left behind on the side of the road, you can force the bus driver to turn around, though he will do so only after the daughter and granddaughter start crying and only under duress and pressure from the entire bus community. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Don't Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers] Reference
Don't Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers digg. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Don't Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers] Reference
This type of characteristic can also be seen in Persian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Basque, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Quechuan, Filipino, and Tagalog. From Wordnik.com. [Sense & Sensuality] Reference
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