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quipus

quipus is the plural 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

Questions about quipus

What is quipus the plural of?
Quipus is the plural of quipu.

Words near quipus in the dictionary

  1. quipster
  2. quipsters
  3. quipu
  4. quipucamayoc
  5. quipucamayocs
  6. quipus
  7. quiquahatch
  8. quiquahatches
  9. quiquehatch
  10. quiquehatches
  11. quiquihatch

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