inca

See also: Inca, încă, ınca, inga, and INCA

English

Etymology

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Noun

inca (plural incas)

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

Derived terms

• black inca
• bronzy inca
• brown inca
• collared inca
• Gould's inca

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈiŋ.ka]

Noun

inca m or f by sense (plural inques)

1. Inca

Related terms

• incaic

Classical Quechua

Alternative forms

Other forms in Hispanic orthography

• inga
• ynca
• ynga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.ka/

Noun

inca

1. Hispanic spelling of inka.

French

Adjective

inca (plural incas)

1. Incan

Noun

inca m (plural incas)

1. inca (bird)

Further reading

• “inca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

inca (invariable)

1. Inca

Noun

inca m or f by sense (invariable)

1. Inca

Anagrams

• Cina, Nicà, acni, cani

Latin

Adjective

inca

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

Adjective

incā

1. ablative feminine singular of incus

Old English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.kɑ/, [ˈiŋ.kɑ]

Noun

inca m

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

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	inca	incan
accusative	incan	incan
genitive	incan	incena
dative	incan	incum

Descendants

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

Romanian

Adjective

inca m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of incas

Spanish

Alternative forms

• inka, inga

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Quechua inka.

Noun

inca m or f by sense (plural incas)

1. Inca

Derived terms

• azucena del inca
• espejo de los incas
• incaico
• incásico

Descendants

• → English: Inca

Further reading

• “inca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10