coya

English

Noun

coya (plural coyas)

  1. (historical) The wife of the Sapa Inca in the Inca Empire

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua quya.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈkoʝa/ [ˈko.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkoʃa/ [ˈko.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkoʒa/ [ˈko.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -oʝa
  • Syllabification: co‧ya

Noun

coya f (plural coyas)

  1. (history) the wife of the Sapa Inca in the Inca Empire

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