the second of which often referred to one of his characteristics. The sobriquet
Huayna Capac, for example, indicated that he was a young ruler.
A watercolor portrait of Manco Capac in Martín de
Murúa’s chronicle. Murúa, Martín de. Códice
Murúa—Historia y Genealogía de los Reyes Incas
del Perú (Códice Galvin). Madrid: Testimonio
Compañía Editorial, S. A., 2004 [1590–1598].Yupanqui is another designation used by many, often in a composite title (see
table). The classic chroniclers defined it as remembered, honored, or immortal. A
simple linguistic analysis of the Quechua root and its derivatives suggests the
act of counting. The word Yupanqui itself can be glossed as accountant. Yupa,