Los riesgos de una lingüística desmemoriada: a propósito de la etimología puquina de "inca"
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2021-06-23
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial
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En el presente artículo quisiéramos proponer la filiación originariamente puquina del nombre <inca>, cuya “biografía” fue retocada sucesivamente por el aimara, el quechua y el castellano, con una serie de ajustes y reajustes formales y semánticos, como resultado de reacomodos idiomáticos sufridos tanto espontánea como deliberadamente. En función de ello, y luego de ofrecer algunos antecedentes sobre el tema, nuestra discusión está organizada en dos grandes secciones: en la primera ofreceremos la etimología del término en forma y significado, postulando su filiación prístina puquina; en la segunda, someteremos a examen y discusión minuciosa la tesis recientemente postulada por César Itier (2019), consistente en atribuirle al término un origen quechua. Demostraremos que la propuesta ofrecida por el colega carece de sustento lingüístico y filológico, constituyendo una prueba de cómo la adhesión a la tesis del “quechuismo primitivo” (Cerrón-Palomino 2019) puede conducir a conclusiones realmente insostenibles no solo desde el punto de vista puramente lingüístico, sino, también, y de modo más dramático, en sus proyecciones interpretativas respecto de las instituciones sociopolíticas y organizativas del incario.
In this article, I would like to propose the original Puquina affiliation of the name <inca>, a term that was successively adopted by Aymara, Quechua, and Spanish, going through a series of formal and semantic adjustments and readjustments, as a consequence of persistent idiomatic re-accommodations, both spontaneous and deliberate. After offering some background on the subject, my discussion is organized into two detailed sections: in the first, I will offer the etymology of the term in form and meaning, proposing its pristine Puquina affiliation; in the second, I will thoroughly examine and discuss the thesis recently propounded by César Itier (2019), in which he attributes a Quechua origin to the term. I will demonstrate that the proposal put forward by my colleague lacks linguistic and philological support, proving how adherence to the thesis of the so-called “Quechuismo primitivo” (Cerrón-Palomino 2019) can lead to truly unsustainable conclusions not only from a purely linguistic point of view but also, and in a more dramatic way, from its purported interpretative projections regarding the socio-political and organizational Inca institutions.
In this article, I would like to propose the original Puquina affiliation of the name <inca>, a term that was successively adopted by Aymara, Quechua, and Spanish, going through a series of formal and semantic adjustments and readjustments, as a consequence of persistent idiomatic re-accommodations, both spontaneous and deliberate. After offering some background on the subject, my discussion is organized into two detailed sections: in the first, I will offer the etymology of the term in form and meaning, proposing its pristine Puquina affiliation; in the second, I will thoroughly examine and discuss the thesis recently propounded by César Itier (2019), in which he attributes a Quechua origin to the term. I will demonstrate that the proposal put forward by my colleague lacks linguistic and philological support, proving how adherence to the thesis of the so-called “Quechuismo primitivo” (Cerrón-Palomino 2019) can lead to truly unsustainable conclusions not only from a purely linguistic point of view but also, and in a more dramatic way, from its purported interpretative projections regarding the socio-political and organizational Inca institutions.
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Incas, Filología andina, Etimología, Morfo vacío, Puquina
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