quipu
IPA: kwˈɪpu
noun
- A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords.
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Examples of "quipu" in Sentences
- He misidentifies the quipu as Aztec in origin.
- The Amerindians used quipu and adored many gods.
- The Spanish quickly suppressed the use of the quipu.
- He published briefly on the quipu system of the Inca.
- One strand on a quipu can therefore contain several numbers.
- Quipu is the Spanish spelling and the most common spelling in English.
- Each quipu had a main cord that had several different colored strings to it.
- More primitive uses of the quipu have also continued in the Peruvian highlands.
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