﻿Vol. 
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  GLOSSARY 
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  Intendencia 
  (Sp.). 
  Spanish 
  administrative 
  unit 
  (late 
  18th 
  century). 
  

  

  Eero, 
  quero 
  (Q.). 
  Beaker 
  or 
  cup. 
  

  

  Lengua 
  general 
  del 
  ynga 
  (Sp.). 
  Sixteenth-century 
  term 
  for 
  the 
  Quechua 
  lan- 
  

   guage. 
  

  

  Latifundia 
  (Sp.). 
  Large 
  landed 
  estate. 
  

  

  Latifundismo 
  (Sp.). 
  The 
  institution 
  of 
  vast 
  landed 
  estates 
  worked 
  by 
  peon 
  or 
  

   contract 
  labor 
  at 
  a 
  low 
  technological 
  level. 
  

  

  Llantu 
  (Q.). 
  Turbanlike 
  head 
  band. 
  

  

  Lliclla 
  (Q.). 
  Square 
  shawl 
  gathered 
  at 
  breast 
  (women's 
  dress). 
  Most 
  distinctive 
  

   item 
  of 
  Highland 
  costume. 
  

  

  Machica 
  (Q.) 
  . 
  Barley 
  or 
  maize 
  flour. 
  

  

  Mallqui 
  (Q.). 
  Mummy. 
  

  

  Mandon 
  (Sp.). 
  Lesser 
  Indian 
  municipal 
  official. 
  

  

  Mayordomo 
  (Sp.). 
  Civil 
  or 
  ecclesiastical 
  official. 
  

  

  Mestizo 
  (Sp.) 
  . 
  Mixture 
  of 
  White 
  and 
  Indian. 
  

  

  Mingay, 
  mincay 
  (Q.). 
  Form 
  of 
  voluntary 
  substitute 
  labor; 
  also 
  the 
  mutual 
  

   rendering 
  of 
  services 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  collective 
  labor. 
  

  

  Mita 
  (Q.) 
  . 
  Draft-labor 
  obligation 
  in 
  agriculture 
  and 
  industry. 
  

  

  Mitana 
  (Q). 
  Female 
  servant, 
  equivalent 
  to 
  pongo. 
  

  

  Mitayo 
  (Q.). 
  Draft-laborer. 
  

  

  Mitimae 
  (Q.) 
  . 
  The 
  class 
  of 
  colonists 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Inca 
  to 
  consolidate 
  their 
  polit- 
  

   ical 
  territory. 
  

  

  Montana 
  (Sp.). 
  Sylvan 
  zone 
  below 
  Sierra 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Andes. 
  

  

  MontuTio 
  (Sp.). 
  A 
  mixed-blood 
  of 
  White, 
  Indian, 
  and 
  Negro 
  origin 
  on 
  the 
  

   Ecuadorian 
  Coast. 
  

  

  Neo-Inca. 
  The 
  separatist 
  rulers 
  of 
  the 
  Quechua 
  from 
  Manco 
  Inca 
  (1536) 
  to 
  Titu 
  

   Cusi 
  (died 
  1572). 
  

  

  Obraje 
  (Sp.). 
  Textile 
  factory. 
  

  

  Originario 
  (Sp.). 
  An 
  older 
  established 
  settler 
  in 
  a 
  community. 
  

  

  Pacarina 
  (Q.). 
  Legendary 
  or 
  mythical 
  place 
  of 
  origin 
  of 
  an 
  ayllu. 
  

  

  Pachaca 
  (Q.) 
  . 
  Inca 
  and 
  colonial 
  administrative 
  unit 
  of 
  100 
  tributaries. 
  

  

  Padrino 
  (Sp.). 
  (a) 
  Lesser 
  ceremonial 
  cargo; 
  (6) 
  godfather. 
  

  

  Pago 
  (Sp.) 
  . 
  Dispersed 
  settlements 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  families. 
  

  

  Panela 
  (Sp.). 
  A 
  crude 
  brown 
  sugar. 
  

  

  Paramo 
  (Sp.). 
  High, 
  wet, 
  brush 
  and 
  grassland. 
  

  

  Parcialidad 
  (Sp.) 
  . 
  Territorial 
  division 
  within 
  a 
  settlement. 
  

  

  Peon 
  (Sp.). 
  Day-laborer, 
  particularly 
  agricultural. 
  

  

  Pirca 
  (Q.) 
  . 
  Dry-stone 
  wall. 
  

  

  Pisca 
  pachaca 
  (Q.). 
  Inca 
  and 
  colonial 
  administrative 
  unit 
  of 
  500 
  tributaries. 
  

  

  Poncho 
  (Araucaniant) 
  . 
  Slit-neck, 
  blanketlike 
  cloak. 
  

  

  Pongo 
  (Q.). 
  The 
  domestic 
  servant 
  of 
  a 
  landowner, 
  selected 
  by 
  draft 
  from 
  among 
  

   the 
  colonos. 
  

  

  Propios 
  (Sp.) 
  . 
  (a) 
  Public 
  lands 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  income 
  was 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  munici- 
  

   pality; 
  (6) 
  unremunerated 
  Indian 
  carriers 
  and 
  transport 
  workers. 
  

  

  Pucara 
  (Q.?). 
  A 
  fortified 
  site. 
  

  

  Puna 
  (Q.). 
  High, 
  dry 
  grass 
  country. 
  

  

  Punchao 
  (Q.). 
  The 
  image 
  of 
  the 
  Sun; 
  word 
  for 
  "day." 
  

  

  Quebrada 
  (Sp.). 
  A 
  canyon. 
  

  

  Quechua 
  (Q.). 
  The 
  most 
  numerous 
  Indian 
  group 
  in 
  western 
  South 
  America; 
  the 
  

   dominant 
  Indian 
  language. 
  

  

  quechua 
  (Q.). 
  Deep 
  Highland 
  ravine 
  or 
  valley. 
  

  

  Quipu 
  (Q.). 
  Knotted 
  string 
  recording 
  and 
  mnemonic 
  device. 
  

  

  Real 
  (Sp.). 
  Basic 
  unit 
  of 
  Spanish 
  coinage, 
  of 
  which 
  8 
  to 
  13 
  J4 
  formed 
  the 
  various 
  

   values 
  of 
  the 
  peso. 
  

  

  