etymology of uta?

[richard reithinger]

According to Gade (1979), the word 'uta' comes from the word 'hutu' (Quechua 
for 'rotten maize').

Gade DW (1979) Inca and colonial settlement, coca cultivation and endemic 
disease in the tropical forest. Journal of Historical Geography 5, p. 272.

Richard Reithinger
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>Dear all,
>could anyone please inform me the etymology of the word "uta"? Is it >from 
>quichua?

>Thanks
>prof. dr. Carlos Brisola Marcondes
>Depto Microb. Paras./CCB
>UFSC-Campus Trindade
>88040-900 Florianspolis (SC)
>Brasil








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