Machu Picchu

Glossary
Veneer
Covering with sheets of metal, wood or other material.

Vestibule
Receiving room, front hall, room at the entrance of a house that gives entrance to the different rooms of the dwelling.

Votive
Offered for or related to a wish or promise.

Waka
Manifestation of the supernatural. Idol or temple where this is kept. Deity, sacred thing.

Wayrana
Rectangular room of three walls with an open side.

Yanacona
Servants, those who serve. Servants or laborers who, without being part of the communities of the ayllu or depending on the caciques or chiefs, worked the land or were assigned to individuals.

Yupanqui
He who adds or joins.



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