quipu

• Sustantivo que designa un antiguo dispositivo andino de registro, consistente en un cordón principal con hilos anudados colgantes, utilizado por civilizaciones como los incas para contabilidad, registro de datos y comunicación.

A noun referring to an ancient Andean recording device consisting of a main cord with attached knotted strings, used by civilizations such as the Incas for accounting, record-keeping, and communication.

1. Ancient recording deviceC2formal

   A set of knotted cords used by the Inca and earlier Andean cultures for record-keeping and calculations.

   Quipu (sistema de registro inca)

   • The museum displayed a quipu used by the Incas for census data.
   • Archaeologists discovered a quipu in a burial site in Peru.
   • Scholars are still deciphering the meaning of some quipu knots.