Friday, November 29, 2013

fri. 29 nov., 2013: quechua takes on angstgiving’s legacy, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

              
QUECHUA:  pukakunka   ++
QUECHUA: "¡Manañam kunanmanta wakchakayniykiwan wiraqocha mikhunqañachu¡" +++

++ )  lit., “redneck  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, fr. 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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