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aguardiente Raw liquor distilled from wine or sugar cane

ahijadero Plot of pasture with abundant moisture reserved for the dry season and frequently fenced with a stone wall

alcalde Municipal magistrate; officeholder in indigenous communities

alquila Tenant laborer who is carrying out transport tasks for his or her patrón

arroba Spanish weight of 25 pounds (11.5 kilograms)

avíos Food rations distributed to tenant laborers on altiplano estates

ayllu Prehispanic Andean social unit based on kinship; Indian peasant community

aynoca Parcels of agricultural land worked under communal regime of fixed crop rotations with usufruct for individual families