quipu

The Inca scribes (known as armantus) used the quipu (knotted ropes) to record and store information about the immense holdings of the vast Inca empire.

印加抄写员们利用结绳文字记载辽阔印加帝国大量财产的资料。

"The researchers used a computer database developed by Brezine to ascertain that khipu, also known as quipu, may have been used as bureaucratic ledgers.

他们认为既然不同的奇谱表示从不同区域收集到的数据，那么，一个单一的绳结位于其他结之上就可能是一个单词，表示的是这个地方自身或财政数据。

quipu

n. 古秘鲁人的结绳文字