Intiyuq K'uchu (or Pintasqa Wayq'u) is an

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with

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s. It is located in the

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, Lamay District.Rainer Hostnig, Pinturas rupestres de posible afiliación Inca en el departamento del Cusco, SIARB. Cusco, Peru (in Spanish) Intiyuq K'uchu is situated at a height of about . ''Intiyuq K'uchu'' is a

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name that means ""a corner with (a) sun". ''Inti'' means sun; ''-yuq'' is a

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that denotes ownership; ''k'uchu'' means "corner".Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) It is alternately spelled ''Intiyoqk'uchu''. ''Pintasqa Wayq'u'' (or ''Pintasqawayq'o'') means "painted valley": ''Pintay'' ("to paint") is a borrowing from

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''pintar''; ''wayq'u''/''wayq'o'' means "valley". ''Pintasqa Wayq'u'' ( hispanicized as ''Pintashuayc'') is also the name of the mountain at , at the right bank of the Willkanuta River.

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