ñuqayku

Quechua

Etymology

ñuqa (“second-person pronoun”) +‎ -yku (“first-person exclusive plural suffix”)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ñuqayku

  1. we (exclusive, i.e. without including the speaker)
    Ñuqaykumanta parlachkarqankichu?
    Were you talking about us?
    Ñuqayku kristyanukuna… (excluding the gentiles, if one is ever to speak with them)[1]
    We, Christians…

See also

Quechua personal pronouns
singular plural
first person ñuqa ñuqanchik (inclusive)
ñuqayku (exclusive)
second person qam qamkuna
third person pay paykuna

References

  1. ^ Valera, Blas. [1586] 2014. Arte, y vocabvlario en la lengva general del Perv llamada Quichua y en la lengua Eſpañola. In Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino (ed.), Arte y vocabvlario en la lengva general del Perv́. Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP. →ISBN
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