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1º_ In Mexico it is a way of naming the "manual collection of fruits or seeds". It comes from the Nahuatl pixca ("agricultural tasks"). 2º_ Female of several meanings of pisco. 3º_ By some meaning of the previous one, in Colombia it is said of a "casquivana woman". 4º_ Kind of leather bag that is carried crossed to the shoulder. It is an Andean Americanism. See also Andean pisca (type of soup). 5º_ The pisca is an Inca game similar to the perinola, which is thrown on a perforated board. See Quechua/pichqa (pisca "five, some but not many" ). By some mistake see pinch ("pinch, very small portion of something" ).