Huch'uy Tipiqucha Explained

Huch'uy Tipiqucha (Quechua huch'uy small, tipi Pennisetum clandestinum^[1] (a grass species), tipiy to husk maize, to snap, to break, qucha lake,^{[2] [3]} Hispanicized spelling Uchuytipicocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ayacucho Region, Paucar del Sara Sara Province, Oyolo District.^[4] It lies between the lakes Tipiqucha in the north and Hatun Tipiqucha in the south, northeast of the lakes Yanaqucha ("black lake"), Kunturqucha and Chawpi Tipiqucha.

See also

• List of lakes in Peru

Notes and References

1. Jeffery Bentley, Weeds and Farmer Decision-Making in Cochabamba, Report of an Anthropological Study with the PROMASSEL Project, January 10—February 4, 2000, Cochabamba, Bolivia, p. 10
2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
3. Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz, Runasimi-Kastillanu-Inlis Llamkaymanaq Qullqa, Ayakuchu-Chanka, I rakta, Quechua-Spanish-English Functional Dictionary, Ayacucho-Chanka, Vol I
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Paucar del Sara Sara Province Province (Ayacucho Region)