Pachakutiq
Roughly "one who transforms the world": pacha means "world" or "time", kutiy is the verb "to change" or "to turn back", and -q marks the doer of an action.
Meaning and origin
Pachakutiq, far better known in English as Pachacútec or Pachacuti, was the ninth Sapa Inca and the ruler credited with turning Cusco from a small highland kingdom into the Inca Empire, generations before the Spanish…
How to pronounce Pachakutiq
| English (US) | pah-chah-koo-TEEK /ˌpɑːtʃɑːkuːˈtiːk/ |
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