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 Insurgent 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.
http://softskull.com/?p=271
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