QUIPU

Meaning of QUIPU in English

/kee"pooh, kwip"ooh/ , n.

a device consisting of a cord with knotted strings of various colors attached, used by the ancient Peruvians for recording events, keeping accounts, etc.

[ 1695-1705; khipu ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

QUIPU — noun Etymology: Spanish quipo, from Quechua khipu Date: 1704 a device made of a main cord with smaller varicolored cords …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUIPU — ˈkē(ˌ)pü noun also qui·po -pō ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish quipo, from Quechua quipu : a contrivance consisting of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUIPU — (n.) A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a …
Английский словарь Webster
QUIPU — ( n. ) A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUIPU — n. Incan counting device comprised of various colored knotted chords
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUIPU — noun Etymology: Spanish quipo, from Quechua khipu Date: 1704 : a device made of a main cord with smaller varicolored …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUIPU — noun a contrivance employed by the ancient peruvians, mexicans, ·etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a …
Webster English vocab
QUIPU — [ 'ki:pu: , 'kwɪ- ] ■ noun an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of coloured threads knotted in …
Concise Oxford English vocab
QUIPU — [qui.pu] n [Sp quipo, fr. Quechua khipu] (1704): a device made of a main cord with smaller varicolored cords attached …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUIPU — also spelled Quipo, an Incan accounting apparatus consisting of a long rope from which hung 48 secondary cords and various …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUIPU — quipu BrE AmE ˈkiːp uː ˈkwɪp-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUIPU — n. the ancient Peruvians' substitute for writing by variously knotting threads of various colours. [Quechua, = knot]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUIPU — n. the ancient Peruvians' substitute for writing by variously knotting threads of various colours. [ Quechua, = knot ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUIPU — n. the ancient Peruvians' substitute for writing by variously knotting threads of various colours. Etymology: Quechua, knot
Oxford English vocab
QUIPU — кипу, узелковое письмо древних перуанцев
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUIPU — Кипу
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
QUIPU — n кипу, узелковое письмо древних перуанцев
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUIPU — (n) узелковое письмо древних перуанцев
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
QUIPU — (0) кипу
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
QUIPU — n кипу, узелковое письмо древних перуанцев
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
QUIPU — n кипу, узелковое письмо древних перуанцев
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
QUIPU — кипу, узелковое письмо древних перуанцев
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUIPU — n. Pronunciation: ' k ē -( ˌ )pü Function: noun Etymology: Spanish quipo, from Quechua khipu Date: 1704 : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
QUIPO — noun see quipu
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUIPUS — (pl. ) of Quipu
Английский словарь Webster
QUIPO — (n.) Same as Quipu.
Английский словарь Webster
QUICHUAN — (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a linguistic stock of South American Indians, including the majority of the civilized tribes of …
Английский словарь Webster
QUIPUS — ( pl. ) of Quipu
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUIPO — ( n. ) Same as Quipu.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUIPUS — pl of quipu.
Webster English vocab
QUIPO — noun ·same·as quipu.
Webster English vocab
PRE-COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS — the aboriginal American Indian cultures that evolved in Meso-America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western …
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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