How Do Native South Americans Pronounce Quinoa?

Question

Question:

Are there any video recordings of Native South Americans, (Andeans), pronouncing "Quinoa"? - to hopefully preserve some of the cultural history behind Quinoa?

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According to Wikipedia on Quinoa:

Quinoa was first domesticated by Andean peoples around 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. It has been an important staple in the Andean cultures where the plant is indigenous but relatively obscure in the rest of the world. The Incas, who held the crop to be sacred, referred to it as chisaya mama or "mother of all grains"

Answer 1

Here's a video on youtube of an inhabitant of Cusco, Peru, talking about quinoa.

• 'Quinoa from a native speaker'

Although the speaker does not say what their language is, I think it's fair to assume their pronunciation reflects the local Quechua pronunciation. You'll note they pronounce 'quinoa' with three syllables s something like: [ˈkinəˌwa:].

The first video also notes the two syllable pronunciation:

• The Origin of Quinoa, (Folktale), Youtube Video @ 3:31
• Documental: Quinua y Kiwicha, Cultivos con historia (Amaranto), Youtube Video @ 5:42

Of course there's no reason why everyone should be trying to say it the same as in Quechua!

Answer 2

I realized that the simplest thing to do is look for the Quinoa wiki entry -- in Quechua. They give < kinuwa, kinwa, kiwina, kiwna > to which one should add < kiwña > from Cusihuaman's dictionary. So there are no wrong pronunciations, it seems.