The following abbreviations are used for languages: A (Aymara), E (English), G (Garifuna), Gê (Gê languages), Gu (Guaraní), K (Kuna), L (Lenca), M (Maya languages), MH (Mai Huna), Mi (Miskito), Mp (Mapudugun), N (Nahuatl), Ñ (Ñudzahui), Q (Quechua), P (Portuguese), S (Spanish), Sh (Sharanahua), T (Taino), Tu (Tupian), Z (Zapotec).
Al (M) woman's children
Alcabala (S) colonial sales tax
Alcaldes or Alcaldes mayores (S) civil officials
Almehen (M) noble
Amantecatl (N) midwife
Aqllas (Q) chosen women
Aqlla wasi (Q) state housing for aqllas
Atole (N) maize-based thick drink
Atrevidas (S) impudent or daring women
'Awasqa (Q) coarse cloth
Ayllu (Q) basic unit of kinship and locality in the Andes
Ayuntamiento (S) town council
Bracero (S) temporary laborer
Bruja/os (S) witches
Buwiyes (G) female shamans
Cacera (S) semiformal commercial relationships
Cacica (T) female indigenous leader
Caciques (T) male indigenous leaders
Calli (N) house
Calmecac (N) school primarily for children of nobles
Camarada (S) female comrade
Cantón (S) county
Capullanas (Q) female leaders in northern Andes
Cargo (S) hierarchically organized civil-religious or religious system
Casta (S) person of mixed ethno-racial identity
Chicha (Q) maize beer
Chicherías (Q) chicha bars or pubs
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Publication information:
Book title: Weaving the Past: A History of Latin America's Indigenous Women from the Prehispanic Period to the Present.
Contributors: Susan Kellogg - Author.
Publisher: Oxford University Press.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2005.
Page number: 181.
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