Q'illu Q'illu (Bolivia)

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Q'illu Q'illu
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Q'illu Q'illu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,560 m (14,960 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 17°03′50″S66°29′22″W / 17.06389°S 66.48944°W / -17.06389; -66.48944 Coordinates: 17°03′50″S66°29′22″W / 17.06389°S 66.48944°W / -17.06389; -66.48944  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Q'illu Q'illu (Aymara and Quechua q'illu yellow, [2] [3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of yellow", or q'illu q'illu a plant (Berberis bumaelifolia), [4] also spelled Khellu Khellu) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,560 m (14,960 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Ayopaya Province, Morochata Municipality, northwest of the village of Qullqi Chaka (meaning "silver bridge", also spelled Colquechaca). It lies northeast of the lakes named Q'umir Qucha ("green lake", Khomer Khocha), Yana Qucha ("black lake", Yana Khocha), Parinani ("the one with flamingos") and Wallatani ("the one with Andean geese", Huallatani). [1] [5]

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.

Reduplication in linguistics is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word or even the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change.

Bolivia country in South America

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000 Quillacollo 3636
  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)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Susana Arrázola Rivero, Margoth Atahuachi, Edwin Saravia, Alvaro Lopez, Diversidad floristica medicinal y potencial etnofarmacológico de las plantas de los valles secos de Cochabamba - Bolivia (in Spanish), p. 70 - 76: List of plants which grow in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
  5. ↑ "Morochata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.


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