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yanakuna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yanaku-na
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An individual in the Inca Empire who left the ayllu system and worked full-time at a variety of tasks for the Inca, their queen, or the religious establishment.

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua yanakuna.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

yanakunas (plural) yanacona (alternative)

Questions

What does yanakuna mean?
An individual in the Inca Empire who left the ayllu system and worked full-time at a variety of tasks for the Inca, their queen, or the religious establishment.
Where does yanakuna come from?
Borrowed from Quechua yanakuna.

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