Chuqi Ch'iwani

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Chuqi Ch'iwani
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Chuqi Ch'iwani
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,695 m (15,404 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°39′58″S68°40′39″W / 16.66611°S 68.67750°W / -16.66611; -68.67750 Coordinates: 16°39′58″S68°40′39″W / 16.66611°S 68.67750°W / -16.66611; -68.67750  
Geography
Location Bolivia, La Paz Department, Ingavi Province
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range

Chuqi Ch'iwani (Aymara chuqi gold, ch'iwa edible, cooked leaves, [2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, Hispanicized spelling Choque Chihuani) is a 4,695-metre-high (15,404 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies south-east of Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It is located in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, at the border of the Jesús de Machaca Municipality and the Tiwanaku Municipality. Chuqi Ch'iwani is situated south of the mountains Nasa Puqi and Kimsa Chata. [1] [3]

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case ending, which indicate the grammatical cased of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range

The Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range is situated in Bolivia south east of Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca, in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province. The range is named after one of highest mountains, the Kimsa Chata complex rising up to 4,735 metres (15,535 ft) about 15 km south of Tiwanaku.

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Qaluyu

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Challa Qullu (La Paz) mountain in Bolivia

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Wila Qullu (Ingavi)

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Tiahuanacu 5844-II
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary) see: chuqi, ch'iwa and Mudar el color por enfermedad o por miedo.
  3. ↑ "Tiawanacu". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
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