quipu
Spanish, noun/ˈkipu/
quipu is spelled Q-U-I-P-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 114,759th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quipu is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “quipu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quipu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequipu
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de almacenamiento de información y de contabilidad (según otros autores, de escritura) consistente en un manojo de cuerdas de lana o de algodón de diversos colores, provistas de nudos, que usaban las antiguas civilizaciones andinas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quipu
- quipus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quipu?
- /ˈkipu/
- [ˈki.pu]
- [ˈkipu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quipu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quipu in Spanish?
quipu appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).