Chanchamayu

Chanchamayu
River
Herreria Bridge across Chanchamayu
Name origin: Quechua
Country	Peru
Region	Junín Region

Chanchamayu (Quechua chanchay to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, chancha chancha to walk quickly and irregularly, shancha a kind of bird, mayu river,^[1][2] hispaniciced spelling Chanchamayo) is a river in the Junín Region in Peru. It originates in the Waytapallana mountain range where it is named Tulumayu. Chanchamayu flows along the town La Merced which is also called Chanchamayu. At the confluence of the rivers Chanchamayu and Pawkartampu the river receives the name Perené River.^[3]

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  The river Chanchamayu as it flows along the town Chanchamayu or La Merced

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  Kimiri Bridge across Chanchamayu, near Kimiri

References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): chanchay - intr. Ir a saltos. mayu - s. Río.
2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: chancha chancha - adj. Caminar rápido, apresurado, con pasos irregulares Chanchaymayu - s. Geog. (Topón. shancha gallinácea plomiza; mayu río). chanchay - v. Caminar apresurada y confusamente.
3. chanchamayo.info