inca

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inca (plural incas)

1. Any of several species of hummingbirds in the genus Coeligena

• NIAC, Naic, Cain, -cain-, cinA, Nica, cain, NACI, Inca

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

inca m or f by sense (plural inques)

1. Inca

• incaic

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.ka/

inca

1. Hispanic spelling of inka

inca (plural incas)

1. Incan

inca m (plural incas)

1. inca (bird)

• “inca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.ka/
• Rhymes: -inka
• Hyphenation: ìn‧ca

inca (invariable)

1. Inca

inca m or f by sense (invariable)

1. Inca

• Cina, Nicà, acni, cani

inca

1. inflection of incus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

incā

1. ablative feminine singular of incus

From Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *yenǵ- (“illness”). Cognate with Old Frisian jinc (“angered”), Old Norse ekki (“pain, grief”), Norwegian ekkje (“lack, pity”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.kɑ/,

inca m

1. doubt, uncertainty, question, suspicion, fear
2. cause for complaint, offense, ill-will, grievance, grudge; quarrel
3. opportunity, occasion

Weak:

• Middle English: inke
  • ⇒ Middle English: inklen, inclen
    • English: inkle
    • ⇒ Middle English: *ynklyng, nyngkiling
      • English: inkling
      • Scots: inklin

inca m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. alternative form of incas

• inka, inga

Borrowed from Classical Quechua inka.

inca m or f by sense (plural incas)

1. Inca

• → English: Inca

• “inca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10