 | Aclla Huasi = House of the chosen women. |
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| Amaru = Serpent. |
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| Ayllu = Social division, lineage. |
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| Ayni = Mutuality, system of mutual services. |
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| Borla = Insignia of the Inca's power. |
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| Callanca = Room or house of cut stone. |
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| Calpa = The force or power of the soul or body, augury, divination. |
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| Colca = Storehouse for keeping food or objects. |
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| Co-regente = Heir to the Inca who shared some responsibilities with him. |
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| Coya = Queen, very high-ranking woman. |
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| Curaca = Principal lord of a people. |
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| Charqui = Meat preserved by salting and sun-drying. |
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| Chasqui = Messenger, term used in Cuzco. Inca postal service. |
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| Guaranga = The number one thousand in the organizational system, ideal number of a thousand households. |
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| Hanan = Upper half. |
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| Hurin = Lower half. |
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| Huaca = or guaca. Temple of an idol or the idol itself. |
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| Hatun runa = Adult man, when a young man married and entered the prime of life. |
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| Huauque = A man's brother, also the Inca's double. |
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| Mamacona = Girl chosen to work in the acllahuasi. |
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| Mascapaycha = Tassel, insignia of the Inca. |
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| Minka = System of work or fulfilling one's obligations by substitution, based on previous agreement. |
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| Mita = Time, turn, periodicity. |
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| Mitimae = or mitmaq. Persons sent to a foreign place to perform a state task. |
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| Mocha = Worship, revere, hispanified term based on muchhani. |
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| Moya = Chosen grazing lands. |
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| Mullu = Seashells (Spondylus sp.) from warm waters which were the special object of exchange and for offerings. |
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| Pacarina = Place of origin. |
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| Pachaca = Number one hundred in the organizational system, an ideal number of one hundred households. |
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| Panaca = The panaca was made up of all the descendants of a monarch, excluding the son who succeeded him to power. A word that comes from pana pani, sister, female cousin, brother's daughter or parent's brother's daughter (D. de Santo Tomás). A man's sister or female first or second cousin, or from his home place or lineage or an acquaintance (Gonzales Holguín). |
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| Purucaya = Burial ceremony. |
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| Pururauca = Stones which turn into mythical warriors. |
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| Quipu = Cords of different colors and knots which serve to record objects and also historical events. |
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| Quipucamayo = Person in charge of quipus. |
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| Reciprocidad = Socioeconomic organizational system which regulated the rendering of services at different levels and served as a link in the production and distribution of goods. |
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| Sapa inca = from sapa = Large. Chief Inca above the rest. |
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| Tambo = Tavern, inn. |
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| Tiana = Seat, insignia of nobles, stool. |
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| Tupu = Measure of area or length, also the verb to measure. |
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| Ushnu = Small stone structure in the middle of main plazas which served the Incas as a throne for Incas during certain rites or ceremonies. |
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| Yana = The servant or worker who serves. |
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| Yunga = or yunca. The plains of the coast and also their inhabitants. |
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