Re: tupas on Easter Island

On 28 Aug 2005 16:18:16 -0700, "Duncan" <dunkers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Ahhh. So the Spanish introduced Polynesian words into Quechua
>dictionaries. That explains how the Hawaiian word for knot (kipu'u)
>became the Quechua word for knot (quipu). I was unaware that the
>Spanish were in the Hawaiian islands.
>
I can't say that they were there but there is evidence they were in
New Zealand early in the 16th century, long before that country was
supposedly found by Europeans.



Eric Stevens

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