quipu

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

quipus plural khipu alternative quipo alternative

词源

Borrowed from Spanish quipu, from Quechua khipu (“knot”).
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