quipu

• khipu, quipo

Borrowed from Spanish quipu, from Quechua khipu (“knot”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.pu/

quipu (plural quipus)

1. A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords.
   • 2005 August 16, Nicholas Wade, “Those Ancient Incan Knots? Tax Accounting, Researchers Suggest”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Among a cache of 21 quipus recovered from a house, probably that of the chief quipu keeper, seven are clearly related in a three-tier accounting hierarchy.

quipu m (plural quipus)

1. alternative spelling of quipou

From Spanish quipu, from Quechua khipu (“knot”).

quipu n (definite singular quipuet, indefinite plural quipu, definite plural quipua)

1. quipu

   Synonym: knuteskrift

• “quipu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Spanish quipu.

quipu n (plural quipu)

1. quipu

From Cusco-Collao Quechua khipu (“knot”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkipu/ [ˈki.pu]
• Rhymes: -ipu
• Syllabification: qui‧pu

quipu m (plural quipus)

1. quipu

• → English: quipu, khipu, quipo
• → French: quipou, quipu
• → Japanese: キープ (kīpu)
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: quipu
• → Portuguese: quipo
• → Romanian: quipu

• “quipu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024