yanakuna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An individual in the Inca Empire who left the ayllu system and worked full-time at a variety of tasks for the Inca, their queen, or the religious establishment.

Word forms

yanakuna yanakunas yanacona

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua.

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