1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ RDN's Lucifer (nerthos) http://rainbowdash.net/nerthos http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3374559 So apparently the word "michi", local slang for cat, turned out to be a legit Quechua word. Since there were no cats around, when the Spanish came to America and brought cats, the Incas used to hear them say "mishi mishi" to call them, and thus they decided to call this new animal michi.