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quipo

quipo is the alternative spelling of quipu.

Meaning of quipu

Noun

quipu (plural quipus)

  1. A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords.
    • Among a cache of 21 quipus recovered from a house, probably that of the chief quipu keeper, seven are clearly related in a three-tier accounting hierarchy.2005 August 16, Nicholas Wade, “Those Ancient Incan Knots? Tax Accounting, Researchers Suggest”, in The New York Times

Forms of quipo

pluralquipos

Questions about quipo

What is quipo the alternative spelling of?
Quipo is the alternative spelling of quipu.

Words near quipo in the dictionary

  1. Quiot Pardo
  2. Quioucohanock
  3. quip
  4. quipazine
  5. quipful
  6. quipo
  7. quipocamayoc
  8. quipocamayocs
  9. Quipolly
  10. quipos
  11. Quipot

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