ayllukuna

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A form of ayllu — A traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among Quechua and Aymara peoples.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of ayllu

    How can a mute person rule an ayllu of a thousand ayllukuna?

    1992, Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
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    One story has him emerging from a cave about eighteen miles southeast of Cuzco, along with three brothers, four sisters, and ten ayllukuna (clans or extended families).

    2005, Ancient American Poets

Origin

  1. Quechuaayllukuna
  2. Englishayllukuna

Borrowed from Quechua ayllukuna, plural of ayllu.

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APA

ayllukuna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ayllukuna

MLA

“ayllukuna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ayllukuna. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ayllukuna,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ayllukuna.

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