Kunkus Yantaq

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Kunkus Yantaq
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Kunkus Yantaq
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,354 m (17,566 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 11°51′57″S76°05′22″W / 11.86583°S 76.08944°W / -11.86583; -76.08944 Coordinates: 11°51′57″S76°05′22″W / 11.86583°S 76.08944°W / -11.86583; -76.08944  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Paryaqaqa

Kunkus Yantaq (Ancash Quechua kunkush Puya raimondii , llamt'a, llant'a, yanta firewood, -q a suffix, [2] [3] [4] Hispanicized spelling Cuncusyantac) is a 5,354-metre-high (17,566 ft) mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range [1] in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, San Mateo District. Kunkus Yantaq lies southeast of Qullqayuq. [5]

Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay, is a Quechua variety, spoken in the department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I.

<i>Puya raimondii</i> species of plant

Puya raimondii, also known as queen of the Andes (English), titanka (Quechua) or puya de Raimondi (Spanish), is the largest species of bromeliad, reaching up to 15 meters in height. It is native to the high Andes of Bolivia and Peru.

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.

The Yuraqmayu ("white river") originates southeast of Kunkus Yantaq. It is a left tributary of the Rimac River. [5]

Yuraqmayu (Lima) river in Peru

The Yuraqmayu or Río Blanco is a 36.2 km long river in Peru located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, in the districts of Chicla and San Mateo. It is a left tributary of the Rimac River which empties into the Pacific Ocean.

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References

  1. 1 2 Evelio Echevarría, The Cordillera Huarochiri, Peru, The Alpine Journal 2001
  2. ↑ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
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