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[Surname] BEZOS and CHUMPITAZ's origin and meaning
Hello,i 'm looking for these
Spanish-style surname's meaning,
BEZOS and CHUMPITAZ,
and i want to know
these surname's real ORIGIN.
(sorry for my poor english..)first, BEZOS is
surname of CEO of
e-commerce site Amazon.com,
'Jeff Bezos(1964~)'.his ancestor is from CUBA,
and Cuba uses Spanish language.
and CHUMPITAZ is surname of
former Peruvian soccer player
'Héctor Chumpitaz(1943~)'.
and Peru use spanish language, too.
does anybody know
these Spanish-style surnames,
BEZOS and CHUMPITAZ's
real origin and meaning
and respond this question, please?
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CHUMPITAZ / CHUMBICHA
- Es quechua, pero con varias posibilidades:
ch’únpi = “de color castaño (marrón)”, taya = cierto arbusto;
ch’unpíyay = “colorear de castaño oscuro” (Lira); otra:
ch’unpi / chumpi = “de color castaño”;
chúnpi = “faja para ceñir la cintura” +
cha = el verbo “hacer”.
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Bezos means 'thick lips' in Spanish. I don't know the origin of Chumpitaz.
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Chumpitaz appears on this list of Quechua surnames -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Quechuan-language_surnames
but it's meaning is not given. The name appears to be confined to Peru. Quechua was the language of the Inca people of Peru, Bolivia, etc.
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