Friday, November 26, 2010

fri., 26 nov., 2010, a post-angstgiving quechua sobriquet for conquistadores

QUECHUA:   pukakunka
QUECHUA:  "¡Manañam kunanmanta wakchakayniykiwan wiraqocha mikhunqañachu¡"
 
      ++ )   lit., "redneck" — an Inca term for the Castilian Spaniards, dating fr. late 17th. 
                 & 18th. c. insurgencies.
    +++ )  "From now on, no more shall Spaniards feast on our poverty!" — attributed 
                 to Inca Tuba Amaru II, who ran an Inca state in the remote Andes, from which
                 he declared war on the occupying Spaniards — speech circa 1780.
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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

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