This same word huaca, when the last syllable is pronounced in the throat, becomes a verb, meaning “to mourn.” Owing to this, two Spanish historians, who did not understand the difference, said—“The Indians enter their temples and perform their sacrifices, mourning and lamenting.” ffuacca has the latter meaning, and is very different from huaca, one word being a verb and the other a noun. But truly the difference in meaning depends entirely on different pronunciation, without change of letter or accent; for the last syllable of the latter is pronounced in the upper part of the palate, and of the former from the inside of the throat. The Spaniards pay no attention to the pronunciation of these words, nor of any others in the language, because they are different from the Spanish. This is shown from what occurred to me with a Dominican monk, who had been for four years professor of the general language of Peru. Knowing that I was a native of that land, he communicated with me, and I visited him many times in San Pablo de Cordova. One day it happened that we were speaking of that language, and of the many different meanings that the same word had. I mentioned, for example, the word pacha, which, when pronounced softly as the letters would sound in Spanish, means the universe, heaven, the earth, and ground. The friar replied that it also signified clothes, furniture, or apparel. I answered “It is true; but tell me, Father, what difference there is in the pronunciation when it has the latter meaning?” He replied “I do not know.”