Intiyuq K'uchu

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Intiyuq K'uchu
Alternative namePintasqa Wayq'u
Location
Cusco Region, Calca Province
Height3,800 metres (12,467 ft)

Intiyuq K'uchu (or Pintasqa Wayq'u) is an

Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lamay District.[1] Intiyuq K'uchu is situated at a height of about 3,800 metres (12,467 ft).[1]

Intiyuq K'uchu is a

Quechuan name that means ""a corner with (a) sun". Inti means sun; -yuq is a suffix that denotes ownership; k'uchu means "corner".[2]
It is alternately spelled Intiyoqk'uchu.

Pintasqa Wayq'u (or Pintasqawayq'o) means "painted valley": Pintay ("to paint") is a borrowing from Spanish pintar; wayq'u/wayq'o means "valley".

Pintasqa Wayq'u (

hispanicized as Pintashuayc) is also the name of the mountain at 13°20′37″S 71°55′53″W / 13.34361°S 71.93139°W / -13.34361; -71.93139, at the right bank of the Willkanuta River.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Rainer Hostnig, Pinturas rupestres de posible afiliación Inca en el departamento del Cusco, SIARB. Cusco, Peru (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ "Cerro Pintashuayco". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 10, 2015.


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