inca
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
inca (plural incas)
- Any of several species of hummingbirds in the genus Coeligena
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
inca m or f by sense (plural inques)
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French edit
Adjective edit
inca (plural incas)
Noun edit
inca m (plural incas)
- inca (bird)
Further reading edit
- “inca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
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Adjective edit
inca (invariable)
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inca m or f by sense (invariable)
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Latin edit
Adjective edit
inca
- inflection of incus:
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incā
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Etymology edit
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”).
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inca m
- doubt, uncertainty, question, suspicion, fear
- cause for complaint, offense, ill-will, grievance, grudge; quarrel
- opportunity, occasion
Declension edit
Declension of inca (weak)
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Adjective edit
inca m or f or n (indeclinable)
- Alternative form of incas
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
inca m or f by sense (plural incas)
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Further reading edit
- “inca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014