# Ch, Ch' & Chh — Inca Glossary

> From the Inca Glossary by Patt O'Neill (© 2007, 2008, 2014).
> Web page: https://incaglossary.com/ch
> 167 terms. Each term heading links to that term's own Markdown file.

## [chaca, chaka](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaca.md)

(n) A bridge. [RS] [Inca](https://incaglossary.com/i/inca.md) rope
bridges were simple suspension bridges over canyons, gorges and rivers
to provide access for the [Tawantinsuyu](https://incaglossary.com/t/tawantinsuyu.md).
Bridges of this type were useful since the Inca people did not use
wheeled transport — traffic was limited to pedestrians and livestock.
The bridges were an integral part on the Inca road system [*see*, [ñan](https://incaglossary.com/n/nyan.md)] and are
an example of Inca innovation in engineering. They were frequently used
by *ch'aski* (*see*,
below) runners delivering messages throughout the Inca Empire. The
Incas used natural fibers found within the local vegetation to build
bridges. These fibers were woven together creating a strong enough rope
and were reinforced with wood creating a cable floor. Each side was
then attached to a pair of stone anchors on each side of the canyon
with massive cables of woven grass linking these two pylons together.
Adding to this construction, two additional cables acted as guardrails.
The cables which supported the foot-path were reinforced with plaited
branches. This multi-structure system made these bridges strong enough
to even carry the Spaniards while riding horses after they arrived. The
design naturally sags in the middle. Part of the bridge's strength and
reliability came from the fact that each cable was replaced every year
by local villagers as part of their [mit'a](https://incaglossary.com/m/mita.md) public
service or obligation. The repair of these bridges was dangerous, to
the degree that those performing repairs often met death. The last
remaining Inca rope bridge is the Q'eswachaka (*see*). [WIKI]

## [chacana, chakana](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacana.md)

(n) (1) Stairs; ladder. [RS]
(2) The Andean, or [Inca](https://incaglossary.com/i/inca.md), cross that
reflects the three worlds (*see*,
 [Hanaqpacha](https://incaglossary.com/h/hanaqpacha.md), [Kaypacha](https://incaglossary.com/k/kaypacha.md), [Ukhupacha](https://incaglossary.com/u/ukhupacha.md))
with a central disc representing the [Hatun Inti](https://incaglossary.com/h/hatuninti.md).
 [IGMP]
The Incan representation of the Southern Cross constellation described
as symbolic power to bridge between heaven and earth. [SXHU]A
cross, specifically the Andean cross; a symbol of divine symmetry and
equilibrium. [ANON1]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chacana.jpg — Huge Chacana found at Tiwanako.

## [chacanana, chakanay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacanana.md)

(v) To cross; to make ladders; to construct stairs; to build
bridges. [RS]

## [chacapa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacapa.md)

*See*,
 [schacapa](https://incaglossary.com/s/schacapa.md).

## [chacara](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacara.md)

*See*,
 [chacra](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacra.md).

## [chacaruna](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacaruna.md)

(n) Literally, *bridge
person*.
A chacaruna is the one who helps others to cross from one state of
consciousness to other states of consciousness, from the mind to the
heart, from the present to the past or to the future. A chacaruna is
always exploring this reality to connect with the beauty and perfection
of creation. They help people connect to the spirit world and can walk
between the upper, middle and lower worlds (respectively, [Hanaqpacha](https://incaglossary.com/h/hanaqpacha.md), [Kaypacha](https://incaglossary.com/k/kaypacha.md)
and [Ukhupacha](https://incaglossary.com/u/ukhupacha.md)). (*See*, [pacha](https://incaglossary.com/p/pacha.md), def. 4). [IGMP]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/droppedImage-45.jpg

## [chacay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacay.md)

(n) *Discaria
trinervis*. In Chile,
an infusion of the bark is valued in treating internal tumors and
abscesses. [REPC]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chacay.jpg — Chacay.

## [chacchar](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacchar.md)

(v) To chew [coca](https://incaglossary.com/c/coca.md)
leaves. [THIM] (v)
To consume coca leaves. Coca leaves are not chewed, *per
se*. Rather
they are held in the mouth. [DYE] *See*, [Appendix G](https://incaglossary.com/appendix/g) for a
description of the process and more information on coca and its history.

## [chacpa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacpa.md)

*See*, [breech birth](https://incaglossary.com/b/breechbirth.md).

## [Chachapoyas](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chachapoyas.md)

(n) (1) A
city in the Amazonia region of Peru. (2) Also called the *Warriors
of the Clouds*, the
Chachapoyas were an Andean people living in the cloud forests of the
Amazon in Peru. The Incas conquered
their civilization shortly before the arrival of the Spanish in Peru.
Their incorporation into the Inca Empire had not been easy, due to
their constant resistance to the Inca troops. [WIKI] (*See*, also, [Carajía](https://incaglossary.com/c/carajia.md), [Revash](https://incaglossary.com/r/revash.md), and [Kuelap](https://incaglossary.com/k/kuelap.md).)

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chachamap.jpg — Map showing location of Chachapoyas civilization. [WOTC]

## [chakana](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chakana.md)

*See*, chacana, above.

## [chacra, chakra, chacara](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacra.md)

(n) Land; farm; field. [RS]A
slash-and-burn field in the Amazon jungle. [AYV]
The translation of the word is *a
field*, but it
refers to a field that has a crop growing in it. For the people, their
chacra includes the fields, the animals, the house, and the family. [IGMP]

## [chacruna](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacruna.md)

Languages: Amaz

(n) *Psychotria
viridis*,
the companion [entheogenic](https://incaglossary.com/e/entheogenic.md) vine to [ayahuasca](https://incaglossary.com/a/ayahuasca.md). The tryptamine alkaloid N,
N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and beta-carbolines are present in the
leaves of this vine. [BOA]
[AYV]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/droppedImage-47.jpg

## [chacha](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacha.md)

Languages: AYM

(n) Male, husband. [ASD]

## [chachacoma, chachacomo, chachakuma](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chachacoma.md)

(n) Andean tree that is used to cure altitude
sickness, cold and toothache.

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/droppedImage-48.jpg

## [Chai-Cullkimama](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chai-cullkimama.md)

(n) Literally, *mother
of silver*,
she spreads white silver plates. Her [icaro](https://incaglossary.com/i/icaro.md)
is chanted to help a person prosper in business and become rich. Her
chant also cures the [mal aire de difunto](https://incaglossary.com/m/malairededifunto.md). [AYV]
(*See*,
 [qolqe](https://incaglossary.com/q/qolqe.md), [mama](https://incaglossary.com/m/mama.md).)

## [chaicuni](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaicuni.md)

Languages: Panoan

(n) Spirit.  [AYV]

## [chakhllatpacha tutiri](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chakhllatpacha-tutiri.md)

Languages: AYM

(n) Virgin. [ASD]

## [challa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/challa.md)

*See*,
 [ch'alla](https://incaglossary.com/ch/challa-2.md), [ch'allay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/challay.md).

## [chamáiro](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chamairo.md)

(n) Vegetable ash that replaces lime in chewing [coca](https://incaglossary.com/c/coca.md)
leaves. [THIM]

## [chamico](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chamico.md)

, chamiku,
tonco-tonco, Jimson weed, loco weed: (adj) Chamico = small
(disparaging). [RS] (n) *Datura
stramonium*. Used by
ancient Peruvian herbalists to produce anaesthesia, hallucinations or
death, depending on dosage. During the night preceding torture,
friendly hands furtively slipped chicha reinforced with concoctions of
chamico seeds into the cells of prisoners. It is called *stramonius* by Western
apothecaries. Its leaves, used as tobacco, control the symptoms of
bronchial asthma. [DYE] This plant
is known as *chamico* because of
the criminal use that the Indians are accustomed to make of it: to
intoxicate each other when they feel that they have been wronged or
when they are overtaken by jealousy in their love affairs. This
practice has given rise to the common Peruvian adage: “*Está
chamicado fulano o fulana*.”
(So-and-so is under the influence of chamico); this adage is used
whenever a person is either pensive, taciturn, absent-minded or too
tipsy from alcohol. The use of the crushed leaves, mixed with vinegar,
is frequently made as a poultice for the spine or kidneys, in order to
lower fevers and to lessen rheumatic pains and reduce the swelling of
hernias. [REPC] For
centuries, datura has been used as an herbal medicine to relieve asthma
symptoms and as an analgesic during surgery or bonesetting. It is also
a powerful hallucinogen and deliriant, which is used spiritually for
the intense visions it produces. However, the tropane alkaloids which
are responsible for both the medicinal and hallucinogenic properties
are fatally toxic in only slightly higher amounts than the medicinal
dosage, and careless use often results in hospitalizations and deaths.[WIKI][Caveat:
all daturas are very toxic, even deadly, when abused.] (*See*, [toé](https://incaglossary.com/t/toe.md),
 [brugmansia suaveolens](https://incaglossary.com/b/brugmansiasuaveolens.md)**.)**

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chamico.jpg — Chamico.

## [chamisa, ch'akatea](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chamisa.md)

(n)
*Dodonaea viscosa*. Crushed
and applied as cataplasms on contusions, this plant has very fast and
excellent healing properties. [REPC]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chamisa.jpg — Chamisa, or the purple-leafed hop bush.

## [chanca piedra](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chanca-piedra.md)

(n)*(Phyllanthus
niruri)* (Ch'anchar
= to chew noisily, in Quechua; piedra = stone, in Spanish.) Possibly
the herb known as chancha-chancha.  It was named for its effective
use to generations of Amazonian indigenous peoples in eliminating
gallstones and kidney stones. In addition to kidney stones, the plant
is employed in the Amazon for numerous other conditions by the
indigenous peoples, including colic, diabetes, malaria, dysentery,
fever, flu, tumors, jaundice, vaginitis, gonorrhea, and dyspepsia.
Based on its long documented history of use in the region, the plant is
generally employed to reduce pain, expel intestinal gas, to stimulate
and promote digestion, to expel worms, as a mild laxative. Chanca
piedra has a long history in herbal medicine systems in every tropical
country where it grows. Its main uses are for many types of biliary and
urinary conditions including kidney and gallbladder stones; for
hepatitis, colds, flu, tuberculosis, and other viral infections; liver
diseases and disorders including anemia, jaundice and liver cancer; and
for bacterial infections such as cystitis, prostatitis, venereal
diseases and urinary tract infections. It is also widely employed for
diabetes and hypertension as well as for its diuretic, pain-relieving,
digestive stimulant, antispasmodic, fever reducing, and cellular
protective properties in many other conditions (sp). [WRT] Used for
kidney problems, especially kidney stones. This is recognised as a gall
bladder and liver tonic. It is also used for cleansing the urinary
system and for dealing with intestinal parasites. This plant is only
used for it's many pharmaceutical properties, not as a plant teacher *per
se*.
 [SCU]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chancapiedra.jpg — Chanca piedra. One of its local names translates to seed-under-leaf. (Look closely to see the seeds. They look like green peas.) [WIKI]

## [Chancas, Chankas](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chancas.md)

(n) A powerful political unity that attacked [Cusco](https://incaglossary.com/c/cusco.md)
in the early 15th Century and were defeated by [Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui](https://incaglossary.com/p/pachacutiinca.md).
 [MAN]* See*, [Appendix N](https://incaglossary.com/appendix/n#chancas).

## [Chan Chan](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chanchan.md)

(n) The adobe city of Chan Chan, the largest in the world, was built
around AD 850 and lasted until its conquest by the Inca Empire in AD
1470. It was the imperial capital where 30,000 people lived. [WIKI]
The Chimu Kingdom reached its apogee in the 15th century, not long
before falling to the Incas. Its capital Chan Chan, located in the once
fertile river valley of Moche or Santa Catalina, was the largest
earthen architecture city in pre-Columbian America. The remains of this
vast city reflect in their layout a strict political and social
strategy, emphasized by their division into nine 'citadels' or
'palaces' forming independent units. The planning of the largest
earthen city of pre-Columbian America is an absolute masterpiece of
town planning. Rigorous zoning, differentiated use of inhabited space,
and hierarchical construction illustrate a political and social ideal
which has rarely been expressed with such clarity.[UNESCO]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chanchan.jpg — In terms of its form and design, the archaeological site still expresses truthfully the essence of the monumental urban landscape of the former Chimú capital.

## [Chankillo](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chankillo.md)

An
ancient observatory and ceremonial complex in Coastal Peru. It is the
oldest solar observatory in the Americas, dating from 2300 years ago.
Thirteen stone towers were used to mark the changes of the seasons. [MSNBC2-07]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chankillo.png

## [chanrara](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chanrara.md)

(n) A
little bell; handbell. [RS] (*See*, [bell](https://incaglossary.com/b/bell.md).)

## [chapay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chapay.md)

(v) To guard; to watch; to observe. [RS]

## [Chaparrí](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaparri.md)

(n)
Chaparrí, along with Yanahuanga, are great powers or “charms.” In local
lore, the two mountains are opposites. Yanahuanga has the good herbs
and Chaparrí the bad herbs.  Almost all of the [curanderos](https://incaglossary.com/c/curandero.md) make
pilgrimages to Chaparrí and Yanahuanga to look for the magical herbs.
There are no mountains as bare as these two. Thus the curanderos have
to wait for the moment when the mountains induce a dreamy state causing
them to fall asleep. Suddenly the curanderos wake up and their steps go
directly to the site where the herbs are to be found. They pick only
the herbs that they need -- those their temperament, their idea, their [account](https://incaglossary.com/a/account.md) has called
in their dreams, showing where the herbs can be found. And they come
down from the mountains in a tranquil state. And they return with the
plants to cure others. They have to make a pact as curanderos in order
to be able to make this pilgrimage. Otherwise it is not possible,
because if they go the mountains begin to rumble and loosen boulders
causing one to run away.[WOFW]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chaparri.jpg — Cerro Chaparrí in the Lambayeque region

## [chaqra sepka](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaqra-sepka.md)

, chaqra
misarumi sepka: (n) A marble-like square stone with etchings used in a [mesa](https://incaglossary.com/m/mesa.md). [PSPM] *Compare*, [sepka](https://incaglossary.com/s/sepka.md) and [sepja](https://incaglossary.com/s/sepja.md). (*See*,
[illa](https://incaglossary.com/i/illa.md) (def. 5)]

## [charango](https://incaglossary.com/ch/charango.md)

(n)
A small South American stringed instrument of the lute family, about 66
cm long, traditionally made with the shell of the back of an armadillo
(not to be confused with a Cuban style of music called "charanga"). It
typically has 10 strings in five courses of 2 strings each, although
other variations exist. [WIKI]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/droppedImage-484.jpg

## [chaska](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska.md)

*See*,
 [ch'aska](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska-2.md).

## [chaski](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaski.md)

*See*, ch'aski, below.

## [chaskichiwaychis](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaskichiwaychis.md)

(imperative) Receive us, welcome us, embrace us with your love. [JLH]

## [chaspi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaspi.md)

(n)
Concussion; shock. [RS]

## [chaucallas](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaucallas.md)

(n) Ancient burial houses that contained the mummies and bones of “the
beautiful grandparents.” [AWE]
(*See*,
 [mallquis](https://incaglossary.com/m/mallqui.md).)

## [chawpi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chawpi.md)

(n) (1) The bridge between the right and the left sides. [JNP]
(*See*,
 [lloke](https://incaglossary.com/ll/lloke.md)
and [paña](https://incaglossary.com/p/pana.md).)
(2) [Energy center](https://incaglossary.com/e/energycenter.md)
or [chakra](https://incaglossary.com/c/chakra.md).
 [WAN]
(*See*,
 [ñawi](https://incaglossary.com/n/nyawi.md).)
(adv) Among; between; in the middle of. [RS]

## [chawpin](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chawpin.md)

(n) The
path of the master healer, encompassing, balancing, and transcending
the [lloke](https://incaglossary.com/ll/lloke.md) and paña paths.
Center, one's spiritual center or core. [ANON1]

## [chawpin hatun curandero](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chawpin-hatun-curandero.md)

(n)
Literally, *[great
healer of the center* field of
the [curandero mesa](https://incaglossary.com/c/curanderomesa.md)]. In Quechua,
chawpin means *center*. [PSPM]

## [chawpinpi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chawpinpi.md)

(adv) In the middle. [QP]

## [chawpinsuyu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chawpinsuyu.md)

(n) (1)
Middle, center. [PSPM] (2)
Central region of the [Inka](https://incaglossary.com/i/inca.md) Empire [[Tawantinsuyu](https://incaglossary.com/t/tawantinsuyu.md)],
containing [Cusco](https://incaglossary.com/c/cusco.md). (*See*, [Appendix D](https://incaglossary.com/appendix/d).) [ANON1] (adj)
Central. [PSPM]

## [Chavín](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chavin.md)

(n) See, [Appendix N](https://incaglossary.com/appendix/n#chavin).

## [Chavín de Huántar](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chavindehuantar.md)

(n) An
archaeological site containing ruins and artifacts constructed
beginning at least by 1200 BCE and occupied by later cultures until
around 400-500 BCE by the Chavín, a major pre-[Inca](https://incaglossary.com/i/inca.md)
culture. The Chavin civilization was centered on the site of Chavin de
Huantar, the religious center of the Chavin people and the capital of
the Chavin culture. The temple is a massive flat-topped pyramid
surrounded by lower platforms. It is a U-shaped plaza with a sunken
circular court in the center. The inside of the temple walls are
decorated with sculptures and carvings. Chavin de Huantar was
constructed over many stages starting prior to 1200 BCE, with most
major construction over by 750 BCE. The site continued in use as a
ceremonial center until around 500 BCE, but prior to 400 BCE its
primary religious function had ceased, and the site was occupied by
casual residents of the highly distinct cultural tradition, Huaraz.
During its heyday, Chavin de Huantar was used as a religious center for
ceremonies and events, perhaps a home for an oracle. The site contains
a number of major structures. [WIKI] See,
[Lanzón](https://incaglossary.com/l/lanzon.md).

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chavin1.png — Site map of Chavín de Huántar.
- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chavin2.jpg — Las Falcónidas portal, New Temple

## [chayac rupha onccoy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chayac-rupha-onccoy.md)

(n) An
illness characterized by a fever and which would recur periodically and
which probably identified malaria. [DYE] *See*, chucchu,
below.

## [chayapuqueyok](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chayapuqueyok.md)

(adj)
Crazy by episodes. [DYE]

## [chayay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chayay.md)

(n) Literally, *arrival*.
 [RS]
Baptism. [JLH]

## [chayka](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chayka.md)

(n) The energy of fear. [UNK]

## [chaykapay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaykapay.md)

(v) To startle; to frighten. [RS]

## [chaywa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaywa.md)

(n) The
sacred whale, keeper of the ocean ([Mamacocha](https://incaglossary.com/m/mamacocha.md))
and symbol of mastery of the heart. [ANON1]

## [checa pinihua](https://incaglossary.com/ch/checa-pinihua.md)

Languages: AYM

(phrase) It is truth. [ASD]
(*See*,
 [cheqak](https://incaglossary.com/ch/cheqak.md).)

## [chej-pacha](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chej-pacha.md)

(n) Cosmic order. [CHAM]

## [cheqak, cheqa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/cheqak.md)

(n) Truth. One of the major organizing principles. (*See*,
 [saiwa](https://incaglossary.com/s/saiwa.md)[ ](https://incaglossary.com/m/munay.md), [nuna](https://incaglossary.com/n/nuna.md), [kawsay](https://incaglossary.com/k/kawsay.md), [yuya](https://incaglossary.com/y/yuya.md), [ch'ulla](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chulla.md), [kallari](https://incaglossary.com/k/kallari.md).)
 [JLH]
(adj)
Real genuine. [QP]

## [Chia, Huitaca](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chia.md)

(n) Moon goddess of happiness and pleasure. [DRB]

## [chicotea](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chicotea.md)

Languages: Span

(v) From *chicotear*, to lash,
whip. [SEES] As the [curandero](https://incaglossary.com/c/curandero.md) is [discharging](https://incaglossary.com/d/descuenta.md) the [mesa](https://incaglossary.com/m/mesa.md), he
violently shakes the patient's [staff](https://incaglossary.com/s/staff.md). [WPH]

## [chicua](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chicua.md)

(n) The
squirrel cuckoo, *Piaya
cayana*, one of
the [mamas](https://incaglossary.com/m/mama.md) of the [ayahuasca](https://incaglossary.com/a/ayahuasca.md) vine. [AYV]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chicua.jpg

## [chicha](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chicha.md)

(n) Corn beer offered to the [mallquis](https://incaglossary.com/m/mallqui.md)
of ancestors and drunk by priests in ceremony. [MAN]
The ancient Peruvian drink of ritual sacrifice and celebration, was
also the brew of choice as far north as Mexico when the conquistadores
arrived. Passersby should look for a bit of red cloth or plastic
marking the door to a *chicheria*
indicating that the lady of the house has made a fresh batch of corn
chicha. This ancient beer is best when fresh or laced with strawberries
for a frothy *frutillada.*
The alcohol content is determined by the length of fermentation—up to
about three days and often spices are added to the milky concoction for
flavor. Chicha isn't always made of corn. Quinoa is frequently mixed
with ground peanuts in Bolivia. The Indian women of the Amazon Basin
grind up manioc tubers for their version and sometimes add sweet
potatoes. [NGEO4]A
hallucinogenic, fermented beer-like beverage used for rituals and
ceremonies. [ADN] *See*, wilka.
 When chicha is buried for some time, thus furthering
fermentation, it acquires a greater intoxicating effect. There were
various ways to modify chicha with concoctions of stupefying herbs,
some of which we know about (*see*, [anesthetics](https://incaglossary.com/a/anesthetic.md)). [DYE]
[Also called [aqha](https://incaglossary.com/a/aqha.md).]

**For the chicha recipe** (a fermented corn beer used in ceremony and ritual offering), [click here](https://incaglossary.com/recipes/chicha).

**For the chicha morada recipe** (a sweet, non-fermented purple-corn drink), [click here](https://incaglossary.com/recipes/chicha-morada).

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/paint494.jpg

## [chichiccara, huanuccara, mastuerzo silvestre](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chichiccara.md)

(n) *Lepidium
foetidum*. Crushed
and slightly warm, it is poulticed to cleanse and cure cancerous
ulcers. Crushed and mixed with lard, it is applied to the abdomen to
relieve swelling brought on by retarded menstruation. [REPC]

## [chilca](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chilca.md)

(n)
*Baccharis punctulata DC.*
Leaves
of this low bush were heated in water and then applied as a poultice to
joints or sprains into which the cold had made its way. [ACA]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chilcaG.jpg

## [chillquenocaquikhama](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chillquenocaquikhama.md)

Languages: AYM

(phrase) In good time may I see you walk well and healed. [ASD]

## [Chimú](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chimu.md)

(n) See, [Appendix N](https://incaglossary.com/appendix/n#chimu).

## [chin](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chin.md)

*See*, [ch'in](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chin-2.md).

## [chinacu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinacu.md)

(adj)
Gay, homosexual. [RS] *See*, [wausay](https://incaglossary.com/w/wausay.md).

## [chinca, chinka](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinca.md)

(n) Loss. [RS]

## [chincana, chinkana](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chincana.md)

(n) (1) A man-made tunnel, large enough for humans. These run
underground throughout the Andes and some islands on [Lake Titicaca](https://incaglossary.com/l/laketiticaca.md).
(2) The game of hide-and-seek. [RS] (3)
A maze or labyrinth; a place to become lost. [CSCR]
(*See*,
 [chinca](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinca.md).)

## [Chincana, La](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chincana-2.md)

(n) (1) The
fabled subterranean city located beneath the former [Inca](https://incaglossary.com/i/inca.md) capital of [Cusco](https://incaglossary.com/c/cusco.md).
 [WLC]
(2) Passages and semi-underground tunnels of an Inca palace that seem
to form a labyrinth in the north part of the [Island of the Sun](https://incaglossary.com/i/island-of-the-sun.md) at [Lake Titicaca](https://incaglossary.com/l/laketiticaca.md). [WEB]
It is believed the [akllas](https://incaglossary.com/a/aklla.md) lived there. [WCC]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chincana.jpg — La Chincana ruins at Lake Titicaca.

## [chinchay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinchay.md)

(n) In legend, refers to the [jaguar](https://incaglossary.com/j/jaguar.md).
(*See*,
 [Chocachinchay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chocachinchay.md).)

## [Chinchincalla](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinchincalla.md)

A hill with twin pillars that represented the third shrine of the
thirteenth [ceke](https://incaglossary.com/c/ceke.md) of [Kontisuyu](https://incaglossary.com/k/kontisuyu.md). The approximate positions of
these pillars include the locations where the sun is seen to set on the
December solstice as viewed from the [Qoricancha](https://incaglossary.com/q/qoricancha.md)
and from the central plaza of [Cusco](https://incaglossary.com/c/cusco.md).[AEAA]

## [Chinchisuyu, Chinchaysuyu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinchisuyu.md)

(n) (1) Northwest quadrant of Inca Empire ([Tawantinsuyu](https://incaglossary.com/t/tawantinsuyu.md)),
comprising the Andes regions and the coast west and north of [Cusco](https://incaglossary.com/c/cusco.md),
encompassing most of modern Ecuador and stretching as far north as
southern Columbia, limited in the west by the Pacific Ocean. [ROR]
[MAN]
(2) Mythically, it is the ability to articulate words, creation. The
ability to detach and engage thru perceptual shifts beyond
communication. The ability to speak to mountains. Corresponds to the
West direction on a [medicine wheel](https://incaglossary.com/m/medicinewheel.md).
 [JLH]
(*See*,
 [chinchay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinchay.md).)

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/droppedImage-514.jpg

## [chinchona](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinchona.md)

(n) *Cinchona officinalis*, better known as quinine, was given to
the world by Peru. It is used to regulate heartbeat; stimulate
digestion; calm nerves; treat malaria; relieve pain; kill insects,
parasites, fungi and bacteria; and to reduce fever. [WRT]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/droppedImage-524.jpg

## [chinkachiy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinkachiy.md)

(v) To mislead; to disorient; to mislay; to make lose; to lose. [RS]
(*See*,
 [chinca](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinca.md).)

## [chinkakuy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinkakuy.md)

(v) To disappear. [RS]
(*See*,
 [chinca](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinca.md).)

## [chinkana](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinkana.md)

*See*,
 [chincana](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chincana.md).

## [chinkapuy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinkapuy.md)

(v) To disappear. [RS]
(*See*,
 [chinca](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinca.md).)

## [chipchiy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chipchiy.md)

(v) To shine (sun), illuminate. [QP]

## [chiqanta](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chiqanta.md)

(adj) Straight. [QP]

## [chiqaq](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chiqaq.md)

*See*,
 [cheqak](https://incaglossary.com/ch/cheqak.md).

## [chirahuan](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chirahuan.md)

(adj) To
be like dead from fear. [DYE]

## [chiraopacha](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chiraopacha.md)

(n) The dry season. [AEAA]
(*See*,
 [pucuypacha](https://incaglossary.com/p/pucuypacha.md).)

## [Chirao Sucanca](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chirao-sucanca.md)

The name of solar pillars in the [Cusco](https://incaglossary.com/c/cusco.md)
area marking the June solstice, the beginning of the dry season. [AEAA]
(*See*,
 [chiraopacha](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chiraopacha.md), [sucanca](https://incaglossary.com/s/sucanca.md).)

## [chirapa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chirapa.md)

(n) Jungle Quechua for the rainbow, which acts as a bridging element
between earth and water. The other bridging element is the marsh. These
elements of rainbow and marsh are seen as iridescent and black,
respectively, and can intervene in the lives of individuals. The
rainbow is particularly conceived of as a sender of disease. [AYV]
(*See*,
 [k'uychi](https://incaglossary.com/k-prime/kuychi.md), [sinchi amarun](https://incaglossary.com/s/sinchiamarun.md), [yana puma](https://incaglossary.com/y/yana-puma.md), [puka chirapa](https://incaglossary.com/p/puka-chirapa.md).)

## [chirik-sanango](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chirik-sanango.md)

(n)
 *(Brunfelsia
grandiflora)*
An [ayahuasca](https://incaglossary.com/a/ayahuasca.md) additive. [AYV]
(*See*,
 [chirisanango](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chirisanango.md),
which may or may not be the same plant as chirik-sanango.)

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chirik-sanango.jpg

## [chirisanango](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chirisanango.md)

(n) This plant is good for colds and arthritis and has the effect of
heating up the body, so much so that the [vegetalista](https://incaglossary.com/v/vegetalista.md)
advises a cold shower after each dose! This plant can be used in baths
for good luck, and bring success to fishing, hunting etc. This plant
also makes it possible for people to open up their heart to feel love
for people and animals, and identify with other people as though
brothers and sisters. The gift of chirisanango is self esteem. [SCU]
A tonic prepared by [shamans](https://incaglossary.com/s/shaman.md) made by
blending the energies and juice of several plants. [THIM]
(*See*,
 [chirik-sanango](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chirik-sanango.md),
which may or may not be the same plant as chirisanango.)

## [Chocachinchay, Choquechinchay, Chuqui-Chinchay, Choque Chinchay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chocachinchay.md)

(n) (1) The organizing principle of the [kaypacha](https://incaglossary.com/k/kaypacha.md);
maintenance of fertility and diversity. Awareness or peaking of the
sense(s). (2) The rainbow jaguar,
the bridge between heaven and earth. (3) A constellation that rises 30
days after solstice. [JLH]
Also the name of the star or constellation that represented large cats.
 [AEAA] (4)
An animal of many colors, said to have been chief of the [otorongos](https://incaglossary.com/o/otorongo.md). [PYS]A
large animal that had all colors and was the guardian of the [hermaphrodites](https://incaglossary.com/h/hermaphrodite.md). Chuquichinchay is the
same name that some early [chroniclers](https://incaglossary.com/c/chronicler.md)
give to the constellation now called the Pleiades. [DYE]
(4) From choque, *gold*, + chinchay, *jaguar*. Literally, *golden
jaguar*. That which makes gold stand forth. [ACA] (*See*,
 [chinchay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinchay.md).)

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/paint514.jpg

## [chocho](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chocho.md)

, tarwi,
tarhui, altramuz: (n) *Lupinus
mutabilis* is a
species of lupin grown in the Andes, mainly for its edible  bean.
There are different aspects why *L.
mutabilis* could
become an important international crop. But until now, the high content
of alkaloids in the bean is the main reason why the crop is not very
known outside the Andes. This content could be decreased by different
processes. The plant has been domesticated for more than 1500 years,
mostly because of its high protein content. [WIKI] The bitter
bean becomes edible after soaking in water for several days. The water
resulting from this procedure has a very potent insecticidal effect. [DYE]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chocho.jpg — Chocho. [WIKI]

## [chonta](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chonta.md)

(n) (1) (*Iriartea deltoidea*) A dark and extremely hard wood from
the jungle. [RS] Used for
important ritual tools such as staffs, crosses, and small idols of
saints; noted and honored for its cleansing properties. [ANON1] (2) A [staff](https://incaglossary.com/s/staff.md) in the [curandero's mesa](https://incaglossary.com/c/curanderomesa.md) made from
the tropical hardwood of that name. This is a special wood that becomes
impregnated by means of one‘s spirit, one's potency, with the spiritual
form of the curandero, so that this artifact has all of the inherent
characteristics of he who formed that [cuenta](https://incaglossary.com/c/cuenta.md). [WOFW]  (3)
In vegetalismo, a magical dart. (*See*,
 [virote](https://incaglossary.com/v/virote.md).)

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chonta.jpg — One of the chonta palms, Iriartea deltoidea. [WIKI]

## [chontero](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chontero.md)

(n) A sorcerer who uses [chontas](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chonta.md)
to cause harm. He takes one from his [mariri](https://incaglossary.com/m/mariri.md)
and blows toward his victim. If not treated by a [vegetalista](https://incaglossary.com/v/vegetalista.md),
the chonta will cause great pain, even death. [AYV]

## [choque](https://incaglossary.com/ch/choque.md)

,
choqe (AYM): (n) Gold. [ASD]
Raw
gold, as opposed to [qori](https://incaglossary.com/q/qori.md) (smelted
or manipulated gold). [ANON1]

## [Choque Illa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/choque-illa.md)

(n) A god of thunder and rain whose name means *radiance of gold*.
He lived in the sky and wore a cape made of the stars. When he cracked
the sling he carried, it made the sound of thunder. This also caused
his great cape to flash, which was the lightning. He would crack his
sling when he wanted it to rain, getting the water from the Milky Way,
which the Incas believed was a river in the sky. (*See*,
 [choque](https://incaglossary.com/ch/choque.md), [illa](https://incaglossary.com/i/illa.md), [Mayu](https://incaglossary.com/m/mayu.md).)

## [Choquequirao](https://incaglossary.com/ch/choquequirao.md)

(n) A ruined [Inca](https://incaglossary.com/i/inca.md) city in
south Peru, similar in structure and architecture to [Machu Picchu](https://incaglossary.com/m/machupicchu.md). The ruins are buildings
and terraces at levels above and below Sunch'u Pata, the truncated hill
top. The hilltop was anciently leveled and ringed with stones to create
a 30 by 50 m platform. The site was built by [Tupac Inca Yupanqui](https://incaglossary.com/t/tupacincayupanqui.md) (1471-1493)
and [Huayna Capac](https://incaglossary.com/h/huaynacapac.md) (1493-1527). It was
one of the last bastions of resistance and refuge. Choquequirao was
probably one of the entrance check points to the [Vilcabamba](https://incaglossary.com/v/vilcabamba.md), and also an administrative
hub serving political, social and economic functions. Its urban design
has followed the symbolic patterns of the imperial capital, with ritual
places dedicated to the Sun ([Inti](https://incaglossary.com/i/inti.md)) and the
ancestors, to the earth, water and other divinities, with mansions for
administrators and houses for artisans, warehouses, large dormitories
and farming terraces belonging to the Inca or the local people.
Spreading over 700 meters, the ceremonial area drops as much as 65
meters from the elevated areas to the main square. The city also played
an important role as a link between the Amazon jungle and the city of [Cusco](https://incaglossary.com/c/cusco.md). [WIKI]
Choquequirao has been called “Machu Picchu's sacred sister,” because of
the striking similarities of design and ceremonial architecture to its
famous counterpart above the Urubamba Gorge. Yet it remains an
enigmatic place whose history is a matter of speculation. One theory of
its origins holds that it was a royal estate built for the emperor Topa Inca, perhaps in an attempt to rival
his father [Pachacuti](https://incaglossary.com/p/pachacutiinca.md)'s spectacular
domain at Machu Picchu. [INC]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/choquequirao.jpg — Choquequirao

## [chori](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chori.md)

(n) A mestizo or Quechua from the Andes. [THIM]

## [chucchu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chucchu.md)

, chayac
rupha onccoy: (n) An illness characterized by intermittent chills and
fever, probably malaria, in the Quechua dialect of Cusco. [DYE]

## [chuchali](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuchali.md)

*See*
,
 [ch'uchali](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuchali-2.md).

## [chuchuwasha, chuchuwasa, chuchuwasi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuchuwasha.md)

(n) *Heisteria
pallida.* A
tree whose roots are chopped up and put in rum to make a medicinal
drink, aphrodisiac, or tonic. [THIM]
(*See*,
 [palero](https://incaglossary.com/p/palero.md).)

## [Chucuito, Lake](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chucuito.md)

(n)
Titicaca is the second largest lake of South America (after Maracaibo).
A narrow strait, Tiquina, separates the lake into two bodies of water.
The smaller, in the southeast, is called Lake Huiñaymarca in Bolivia
and Lake Pequeño in Peru; the larger, in the northwest, is called Lake
Chucuito in Bolivia and Lake Grande in Peru. [WBC] In an
account from 1609, [Bernabe Cobo](https://incaglossary.com/appendix/m#cobo) states,
“[Some of] the inhabitants of Callao hold that creation happened on the
Island of [Titicaca](https://incaglossary.com/t/titicaca.md), which is located on
the great Lake Chucuito. [IRC]*See*, [Appendix B](https://incaglossary.com/appendix/b), bottom of page, for a map showing
the two lakes.

## [chukcha](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chukcha.md)

(n) Hair. [RS]

## [chukri](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chukri.md)

(n) A
wound. [DYE]

## [chukri hampicamayoc](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chukri-hampicamayoc.md)

(n) A
surgeon. [DYE]

## [chulu, cholo / chola](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chulu.md)

(n)
A person at an intermediate stage of acculturation between indigenous
and mestizo (sp). [CSCR]
(2) Quechua (chulu).
Hybrid. [CSCR]
Indigenous who has adopted European habits. [RS]

## [chullachaki](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullachaki.md)

*See*,
 [ch'ullan chaki](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullanchaki.md).

## [chullchu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullchu.md)

*See*,
 [chhullchu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chhullchu.md).)

## [chullicuni](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullicuni.md)

(n) The
common head cold.
[DYE]

## [chullo](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullo.md)

(n) A traditional Andean woven wool hat with earflaps, often sporting
colorful tassels and intricate bead work. [NND] The hats
of the [Q'ero](https://incaglossary.com/q-prime/qero.md) are always colorful
with long tassels and beads in all the colors of the rainbow. In all of
the Andes, you can identify each man's community by the colors and
designs in his knitted woolen hat. You can also distinguish if he is
married or single and what position he holds in the community by his
hat. [IGMP]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chullo.jpg — Peruvian wearing his chullo.

## [chullpa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullpa.md)

*See*,
 [ch'ullpa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullpa-2.md).

## [chullumpi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullumpi.md)

(n) An honorable address for [llamas](https://incaglossary.com/ll/llama.md)
during ceremonies. [ROR]
(*See*,
 [napa](https://incaglossary.com/n/napa.md).)

## [chullu unccoy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullu-unccoy.md)

*See*,
chhaque
unccoy, below

## [chungana](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chungana.md)

Languages: UNK

(n)
A [curandero's](https://incaglossary.com/c/curandero.md) rattle. [WPH]

## [chunpi, chumpi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chunpi.md)

(n) Literally, *belt*.
The Andean [shaman](https://incaglossary.com/s/shaman.md)
has energetic belts as part of his/her initiation of the medicine body.
 Seven
of the nine chunpis equate roughly in location to the seven [chakras](https://incaglossary.com/c/chakra.md). There are belts at the base of the
spine, navel, solar plexus, heart, throat, forehead and crown. There
are eighth and a ninth chunpis which exist at a vibration above the top
of the head. [PSPM] Refers to
belts of living energy that make up the human energy field (*see*, also, [poq'po](https://incaglossary.com/p/poqpo.md)). [ANON1] Although
the qosqo is the primary energy center, it is only one of four major
and three minor energy centers in the poq'po. These seven centers
comprise an energy system analogous to the Eastern chakra system. The
four primary are called chunpis. These belts of power extend around the
body and each has a point, or an eye, called a [ñawi](https://incaglossary.com/n/nyawi.md),
as an opening. Each chunpi is also associated with a color and an
element. At the base of the spine is *siki ñawi*, the eye of the
black belt (yana chunpi) associated with the water element and with the
Black Light, the most powerful energy of the Andean tradition. The *qosqo
ñawi*, the primary energy center at the stomach/navel area that is
part of a red belt (puka chunpi), associated with earth, with
Pachamama. At the heart center is the *sonqo ñawi*, the eye of
the gold belt (qori chunpi) associated with love, empathy and with fire
and the power of the sun. Finally, there is the throat center, the *kunka
ñawi*, the eye of the silver belt (qolqe chunpi) associated with
creativity, communication, the wind, and the moon.The two physical eyes
are the fifth and sixth centers. The third eye is the final, seventh,
point called the *qanchis ñawi*. Sometimes a fifth belt is
recognized as forming a band around the head encompassing these final
three points. This is the kulli chunpi, or violet belt. Alarmingly,
knowledge of these energy belts seems to be on the decline in the
south-central Andes. [KOAK] In Andean
mysticism this term also refers to the belts of living energy that
surround the human body and make up the human 'bubble' or energy field.
 [NND]
(*See*,
 [wiracocha](https://incaglossary.com/w/wiracocha.md), [karpay](https://incaglossary.com/k/karpay.md), [chawpi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chawpi.md),
 [ñawi](https://incaglossary.com/n/nyawi.md).)

## [chunpi khuyas, mullu khuyas](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chunpikhuyas.md)

(n) A set of stones used to give the chunpi [karpay](https://incaglossary.com/k/karpay.md) (bands of power initiation), which
opens the [energy centers](https://incaglossary.com/e/energycenter.md) of the [luminous body](https://incaglossary.com/l/luminousbody.md). [KOAK]
Also
called *mullu khuyas*. A specific set of five stones,
progressively carved with one to five humps, used to open the human
energy belts, tools of the *chunpi paq'o* (*see*, below). [RS]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chunpikhuyas.jpg — Set of five chunpi khuyas. Although there are nine chunpis (see, above), currently only the first five are opened. AVO (Picture from KOAK.) [AVO]

## [chunpi paq'o, chumpi paq'o](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chunpi-paqo.md)

(n) an Andean [shaman](https://incaglossary.com/s/shaman.md)
who is empowered to give the chunpi [karpay](https://incaglossary.com/k/karpay.md).
 [KOAK]
A special designation of mystical priest initiated in the art of the
chunpi's, or opening the energy belts. [NND]

A
rare, specific classification of shaman-priest initiated in the art of
opening the energetic belts that make up the [poq'po](https://incaglossary.com/p/poqpo.md).
 [ANON1]

## [chupa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chupa.md)

Languages: Span

(n) From Spanish *chupar* (to suck,
to draw in). [SEES] Sucking.
One of the steps in a [curandero](https://incaglossary.com/c/curandero.md) ceremony.
Chupas act to suck the [daño](https://incaglossary.com/d/dano.md) (foreign
substances including blood, worms, rocks, toads, snakes and other
animals) from specific parts of the client's body. The healer places
his mouth -- or the end of a staff -- against the body part to be
sucked. The person performing this act holds in his mouth an infusion
of water, either a special mixture of holy water that combines herbs,
tobacco, perfumes, lime, honey, flowers, and other ingredients, and/or
water from one of the sacred lagoons of [Las Huaringas](https://incaglossary.com/l/lashuaringas.md). The water
acts as a kind of barrier that captures the daño so that it does not
pass into the healer's body. He sucks the daño out of the victim's body
and then vomits or spits, being careful not to swallow any of the
liquid.  [GOL]

## [chupini](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chupini.md)

Languages: AYM

(adj) Honest. [ASD]

## [chupinijaqui](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chupinijaqui.md)

Languages: AYM

(adv) Honorably. [ASD]
(*See*,
 [chupini](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chupini.md).)

## [chupu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chupu.md)

(n) The
common boil [skin lesion]. [DYE]

## [chuqui illa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuquiilla.md)

(n) Lightning. [HOI].
(*See*,
 [hatun k'anchay](https://incaglossary.com/h/hatunkanchay.md), [illa](https://incaglossary.com/i/illa.md).)

## [churafiña](https://incaglossary.com/ch/churafina.md)

Languages: AYM

(n) Offering. [ASD]

## [Churi Inti](https://incaglossary.com/ch/churi-inti.md)

(n) Son
of [Inti](https://incaglossary.com/i/inti.md). [RMFA]

## [chusak sonqo](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chusak-sonqo.md)

(n)
Idiot. [DYE]  (*See*, [sonqo](https://incaglossary.com/s/sonqo.md), for an explanation of the conflation
of mind and heart in Quechua healing.)

## [chushllu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chushllu.md)

(n) An honorable address for [alpacas](https://incaglossary.com/a/alpaca.md)
during ceremonies. [ROR]

## [chusi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chusi.md)

(n) Blanket. [QP]

## [chuyanchaki](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuyanchaki.md)

*See*,
 [ch'ullan chaki](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullanchaki.md).

## [chuyki, chuiqui](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuyki.md)

(n) A bad omen (can be a person). [RS]

## [chuyma](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuyma.md)

A welcome
from the heart. [IGMP]

## [chuyma churafitha](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuyma-churafitha.md)

Languages: AYM

(v) Putting your heart or thoughts on something. [ASD]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/paint534.jpg

## [ch'aka](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaka-2.md)

(n) Sore throat. (adj) Hoarse. [QP]

## [ch'akataya](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chakataya.md)

(n) Type of medicinal plant. [PSL]

## [ch'aki](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaki.md)

(adj) Dry. [QP]

## [ch'akispa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chakispa.md)

(adj) Thirsty. [QP]

## [ch'akiy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chakiy.md)

(v) To dry, to be thirsty. (n) Thirst. [QP]

## [ch'alla, challa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/challa-2.md)

(n) An offering performed by putting wine into a shell and throwing the
liquid outward to Pachamama in the direction of the sun, first to the
right and then to the left side of the place for the burning of the [despacho](https://incaglossary.com/d/despacho.md). Repeat
with [pisco](https://incaglossary.com/p/pisco.md). [IGMP] Ritual
spraying. [PSPM] The ritual
spraying of perfume, holy water, “prayer water,” or alcoholic spirits
used to cleanse an energy field or as an offering to Spirit. [ANON1] *Compare*, kamay.

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/ch'alla.jpg — Ch'alla performed. [PSPM]

## [Ch'alla, El Tío](https://incaglossary.com/ch/challa-3.md)

(n) Ch'alla is the guardian spirit of the mine/mountain: the
devil who owns the mines and to whom offerings must be given. Part
bull, part devil, and part white man, he requires weekly offerings of [coca](https://incaglossary.com/c/coca.md),
alcohol and tobacco. A surprising attribute of Ch'alla is his large
erect penis, which represents fertility and renewal. Miners eat the
mines (earn their living from them) and are eaten by them (literally
from health problems, but also socially and symbolically). Ch'alla has
become a symbol of resistance and union organizing. [WVU][To
the miners, he is] the lord of the underworld. There are many statues
of this devil-like spirit in the mines. El Tío rules over the mines,
simultaneously offering protection and destruction. Miners bring
offerings such as cigarettes, coca leaves, and alcohol for the statues
and believe that if El Tío is not fed, he will take matters into his
own hands. Villagers of Potosi ritually slaughter a llama and smear its
blood on the entrance to the mines. [WIKI]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/eltio.jpg — Ch'alla, also known as El Tio.

## [ch'allaska, ch'uyaska, ch'uyasqa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/challaska.md)

(n) Ritual of discharging, balancing, and
imprinting with sacred water.  The spraying of liquid in a ritual
of purification.  [ROR] (*See*, [ch'allay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/challay.md).)

## [ch'allay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/challay.md)

(v) To give a splash of liquor as an offering to [Pachamama](https://incaglossary.com/p/pachamama.md).
 [PSL]To
spray (spit). [DQ]

## [ch'arki](https://incaglossary.com/ch/charki.md)

(n) Dried meat. The origin of the English word “jerky.” [CSCR]

## [ch'aska](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska-2.md)

(n) Star (usually Venus). [PSL]
Star. [QP]
Ch'aska was the goddess of dawn and twilight. She protected virgin
girls. [EFD]
Personification of planet Venus, servant of the sun. [WMO]
(*See*,
 [Ch'aska-Qoyllur](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska-qoyllur.md)*.)*

## [ch'aska despacho](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaskadespacho.md)

*See*,
 [Appendix J](https://incaglossary.com/appendix/j#ch%27askadespacho).

## [ch'aska mayu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska-mayu.md)

(n)
Literally, *star
river.* The Milky
Way. [ANON1] *See*, [Mayu](https://incaglossary.com/m/mayu.md), for more info.

## [Ch'aska-Qoyllur](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska-qoyllur.md)

(n) Literally, *shaggy star*; she was the [Inca](https://incaglossary.com/i/inca.md)
goddess of Venus, the guardian of young maidens and flowers. [MAN]
The goddess of flowers. [EFD]
The names perhaps mean “dawn” or “long hair dawn.” It is not clear if
this is what the Incas thought or if the Spanish confused Aztec belief
with Incan belief. (The Aztecs felt that Venus was a smoking star --
like a comet -- so that it had hair coming from it.) In any case, the
same god (as planet Venus) is the morning and evening star seen at dawn
and at twilight. [WMO]
God of Flowers and Protector of Maidens. Could be the husband of
Ch'aska, but there's no documentation apart from a similarity of names.
 [WGC]
(*See*,
 [ch'aska](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska-2.md).)

## [ch'aska ñawi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska-nawi.md)

(n) Big, beautiful eyes. [PSL]

## [ch'aska plata](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaska-plata.md)

(n) Literally, *silver
star (hair)*.
Formed from the silver stolen by raio, the female lightning. (sp)[UNK]

## [ch'aski, chasqi, chaski, chasqui](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chaski-2.md)

(n) Post boy, messenger on foot, a runner. [PSPM] Post
runner bearing urgent advices and reports ([quipu](https://incaglossary.com/q/quipu.md)) from
remote parts of the empire or perhaps fresh fish caught the day before
in [Lake Titicaca](https://incaglossary.com/l/laketiticaca.md). [EOTI] Runner,
messenger in the Inka Empire [[Tawantinsuyu](https://incaglossary.com/t/tawantinsuyu.md)] under the
administrative communication system developed by [Pachakuteq](https://incaglossary.com/p/pachacutiinca.md). [ANON1] Agile and
highly trained runners that delivered messages, royal delicacies such
as fish and other objects throughout the Inca Empire, principally in
the service of the [Sapa Inca](https://incaglossary.com/s/sapainca.md). Ch'askis
were dispatched along thousands of miles, taking advantage of the vast
Inca system of roads and rope bridges in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador.
On the coast of what is now Peru their route ran from Nazca to Tumbes.
Ch'aski routes also extended into further reaches of the empire into
parts of what are now Columbia, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. Each
ch'aski carried a [pututu](https://incaglossary.com/p/pututu.md), a [quipu](https://incaglossary.com/q/quipu.md) in which
information was stored, and a q'epe on his
back to hold objects to be delivered. Ch'askis worked using a relay
system which allowed them to convey messages over very long distances
within a short period of time. [Tambos](https://incaglossary.com/t/tambo.md) were
constructed at key points along the road system, often consisting of a
small shelter with food and water. Ch'askis would start at one tambo
and run to the next tambo where a rested ch'aski was waiting to carry
the message to the next tambo. Through the ch'aski system a message
could be delivered from [Cusco](https://incaglossary.com/c/cusco.md) to Quito within a week. [WIKI]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/ch'aski.jpg — A ch'aski portrayed carrying a qepe, a pututu and a quipu. [WIKI]

## [ch'ikay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chikay.md)

(n) Bee or wasp sting. [QP]

## [ch'in](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chin-2.md)

(adj) Quiet, silent. (n) Silence. [PSL]The
voice of the mystery. [JLH]

## [ch'in pacha](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chin-pacha.md)

(n) Quiet place; desert. [PSL]

## [ch'inyay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chinyay.md)

(v) To shut up, be quiet. [PSL]

## [ch'iqmiy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chiqmiy.md)

(v) To bother. [QP]

## [ch'isiyay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chisiyay.md)

(v) To get dark. [QP]

## [ch'uchali, chuchali](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuchali-2.md)

(adj) Debilitated, weak. [RS]

## [ch'ulla](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chulla.md)

(n) (1) Everything is connected energetically through [ceke](https://incaglossary.com/c/ceke.md)s.
Oneness, communion with oneness. Absolute consciousness. One of the
major organizing principles. (See,
[saiwa](https://incaglossary.com/s/saiwa.md), [munay](https://incaglossary.com/m/munay.md), [nuna](https://incaglossary.com/n/nuna.md), [cheqak](https://incaglossary.com/ch/cheqak.md),
 [kawsay](https://incaglossary.com/k/kawsay.md), [yuya](https://incaglossary.com/y/yuya.md), [kallari](https://incaglossary.com/k/kallari.md).)
 [JLH]

(2)
(adj) Only one; only; alone; odd; unpaired; unequal; asymmetric. [RS]

## [ch'ullan chaki](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullanchaki.md)

,
chuyanchaki, chullachaqui: (n) Plant spirit, elemental that walks on
one foot; the trickster; from the Amazon.
[JLH]
Literally,*single foot*.
A mythical being, demon or goblin.  Legend has it that this being
cannot disguise one of its feet. Usually the right foot refuses to
assume human form and takes instead the shape of a deer's hoof or [jaguar's](https://incaglossary.com/j/jaguar.md)
paw. [THIM]

---

Another very important mythological being, who is supposed to live in deep jungle, is the C'hullan Chaqui, known also under the names of [Sacharuna](https://incaglossary.com/s/sacharuna.md) . . . [or] [Supay](https://incaglossary.com/s/supay.md) . . . . The Ch'ullan Chaqui is supposed to look exactly like a human being except for one of his feet, which is described as resembling that of a goat, a deer, a dog or some other animal. He is the lord of the animals, and "king of the jungle". On occasions it is possible to become his friend, and then he offers the ability to hunt with great success. Most often an encounter with a human being results in the person's becoming mad or ill. All my informants claim to have seen him, either in person or in their dreams. According to them, he has his [chacra](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacra.md) (small plantation), and very often lives in places where a tree called *ch'ullan chaqui caspi* (see, below) grows. [MSIN]

---

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/ch'ullanchaki.jpg — The ch'ullan chaki. [AYV]

## [ch'ullanchaki-caspi](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullanchaki-caspi.md)

(n) *Tovomita
sp., Guttiferae.* The *ch'ullan
chaki* (*see*, above)
very often lives in places where this tree grows. The association is
due to the fact that the roots of this tree form a sort of "foot"
growing out of the soil. This tree is, on the other hand, one of the
plant teachers. [MSIN] *See*,
 [palero](https://incaglossary.com/p/palero.md).

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/ch.caspi.png — Ch'ullan chaqui caspi [EMM]

## [ch'ullanchaki garden](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullanchaki-garden.md)

*See*,
 [supay](https://incaglossary.com/s/supay.md) [chacra](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chacra.md),
 [ch'ullan chaki](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullanchaki.md).

## [ch'ullpa, chullpa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullpa-2.md)

(n) Ancient artifact, mummy, round tomb. [PSL]
[RS]
Burial
tower of a [shaman](https://incaglossary.com/s/shaman.md)
at [Lake Titicaca](https://incaglossary.com/l/laketiticaca.md). [AVO]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/droppedImage-554.jpg

## [ch'ullpa sickness](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chullpa-sickness.md)

Languages: Eng

(n)
Caused by the intrusion of a fragment of human bone into the body,
performed by evil spirits inhabiting ruins or by [witchcraft](https://incaglossary.com/w/witch.md). [WOFW]  *See*, *ch'ullpa*
above.

## [ch'uncho, ch'unhu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuncho.md)

(n) (1) A traditional hourglass design in [Q'ero](https://incaglossary.com/q-prime/qero.md) weaving, it is a symbol of the
jungle dancer. [NND]
The
wild man from the jungle serves ... as a means of looking at Andean
symbolic values. ... [T]his motif, which has been woven into textiles
over the past centuries ... is of [Inca](https://incaglossary.com/i/inca.md)
origin and relates to pre-contact, culture-hero mythology. It continues
to reflect the survival of a pre-conquest world view: textiles function
as narrative. [UTE]
A mythic figure from the border between the jungle and the highlands
woven into Q'ero designs as an hourglass shape (*see*, also, [qhapaq ch'unchu](https://incaglossary.com/q-prime/qhapaqchunchu.md)). [ANON1] (2)
A jungle dancer. [UNK]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chuncho.jpg — Image 1: Pottery depicting a ch'uncho carrying a flag. Note the diagonal squares of the flag. (See, [wiphala](https://incaglossary.com/w/wiphala.md).)
- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/chuncho2.jpg — Image 2: Ch'uncho design in a Q'ero textile.

## [ch'upuy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chupuy.md)

(v) To become infected. [QP]

## [ch'uru](https://incaglossary.com/ch/churu.md)

(n) Sea shell. [PSL]

## [ch'usak](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chusak.md)

(n) Space, zero. (adj) Empty. [QP]

## [ch'uspa](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuspa.md)

(n) A bag made of cloth or fur used to carry ceremonial [coca](https://incaglossary.com/c/coca.md) leaves. [RS]
A fur bag made of [alpaca](https://incaglossary.com/a/alpaca.md) fetus used to
carry ceremonial objects and [coca](https://incaglossary.com/c/coca.md) leaves
toted by a [paq'o](https://incaglossary.com/p/paqo.md) wrapped in
a carry cloth. [ACAI] A small
traditional bag used to carry kuka (coca) and, like a medicine pouch,
is used to transfer [hampi](https://incaglossary.com/h/hampi.md), or spirit
medicine, into a patient. [ANON1]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/paint564.jpg

## [ch'uya](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuya.md)

(adj) Clear; transparent; clean; crystalline; obvious; pure. To be
energetically clear and pure, in a condition of readiness for
ceremonial work. [RS]
[KOAK]

## [ch'uya sunqu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuya-sunqu.md)

(n) Heart of clear conscience.

## [ch'uyayay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chuyayay.md)

(v) To clear up; to get clear. [RS]

- Image: https://incaglossary.com/images/Chextra_files/paint524.jpg

## [chhakhlla](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chhakhlla.md)

Languages: AYM

(n) Childhood. [ASD]

## [chhaque unccoy](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chhaqueunccoy.md)

, chullu
unccoy, sucyay unccoy: (n) The terms signify wasting diseases which
bring cough and sometimes hemoptisis or “blood which comes from the
veins of the chest,” probably tuberculosis. [DYE]*See*, also, [qhaqya](https://incaglossary.com/q-prime/qhaqya.md) (def. 2).

## [chhullchu, chullchu](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chhullchu.md)

(n) A
small bell. [RS]

## [chhulli](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chhulli.md)

(n) Influenza. [QP]

## [chhullunku](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chhullunku.md)

(n) Ice. [QP]

## [chhuqay](https://incaglossary.com/ch/chhuqay.md)

(v) To push. [QP]

## Sources

- **ACA**: *Ancient Civilizations of the Andes*, Means
- **ACAI**: The Andean Codex, J.E. Williams
- **ADN**: azarius.net
- **AEAA**: *Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes*, Bauer and Dearborn
- **ANON1**: anonymous donor 1. Click * for explanation.
- **ASD**: *Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara*
- **AVO**: my notes from Alberto Villoldo, various writings and lectures
- **AWE**: www.anthropology.wisc.edu
- **AYV**: *Ayahuasca Visions,* Luna
- **BOA**: www.biopark.org
- **CHAM**: Chamalu, Luis Espinoza
- **CSCR**: *Cut Stones and Crossroads*, Wright
- **DQ**: *Diccionario Quechua*, Ladron
- **DRB**: www.daemonraven.bravehost.com/inca.html
- **DYE**: Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.
- **EFD**: encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com
- **EMM**: www.ayahuasca-shamanism.co.uk/
- **EOTI**: *Empire of the Inca*, Brundage
- **GOL**: *The Gift of Life*, Glass-Coffin.
- **HOI**: *History of the Incas,* Sarmiento de Gamboa
- **IGMP**: *Andean Awakening*, Delgado
- **INC**: www.inkanatura.com/choquequirau.asp
- **IRC**: *Inca Religion and Customs*, Cobo
- **JLH**: Jose Luis Herrera, various lectures
- **JNP**: Juan Nunez del Prado
- **KOAK**: *Keepers of the Ancient knowledge*, Wilcox
- **MAN**: *Mythology of the American Nations*, Jones and Molyneaux
- **MSIN**: conference paper *The Concept of Plants as Teachers among four Mestizo Shamans of Iquitos, Northeastern Perú*, Luna
- **MSNBC2-07**: MSNBC.com, Feb. 2007
- **NGEO4**: magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0206/feature5/index.html
- **NND**: www.netnaturdoktoren.dk/ordbog.htm
- **PSL**: www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm  Bolivian Quechua
- **PSPM**: *Pachakuti Mesa*, Magee
- **PYS**: Don Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-Yamqui Salcamayhua
- **QP**: *Quechua Phrasebook* , Coronel-Molina
- **REPC**: *Ruiz as an Ethnopharmacologist in Peru and Chile, *Schultes [taxonomy accuracy questionable]
- **RMFA**: Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.
- **ROR**: *Rituals of Respect*, Bolin
- **RS**: runasimi.de
- **SCU**: www.shamanism.co.uk
- **SEES**: Crowell's Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary
- **SXHU**: sxhu.org [no www]
- **THIM**: *The Three Halves of Ino Moxo*
- **UNESCO**: Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.
- **UNK**: The original author's marker for an unknown / unattributed source.
- **UTE**: www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exschtep.html
- **WAN**: www.amaruli.net
- **WBC**: www.britannica.com
- **WCC**: www.coloradocollege.edu/dept/an/TorresRouff/AN203/AN203adams/incasettlements.htm
- **WEB**: www.enjoybolivia.com/english/guiadestinos/titicaca/ATRACCIONES_IN.shtml
- **WGC**: www.godchecker.com/pantheon/incan-mythology
- **WIKI**: en.wikipedia.org (no www)
- **WLC**: www.llewellyn.com/bookstore/article.php?id=67
- **WMO**: www.mythome.org
- **WOFW**: Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.
- **WOTC**: *Warriors of the Clouds*, Muscutt
- **WPH**: Eduardo el Curandero, Calderón
- **WRT**: www.rain-tree.com
- **WVU**: www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Anthro/Anth101/on_hegemony.htm