kipu is incorrectly written and should be written as "Kipu or Quipu." being its meaning:
Kipu, or best Quipu is a term from the quechua language, which means knot, loop, amarados. It is a system of several colors of knotted cords to a main rope, which made them knots in different ways to remember any data or important message. System approach of the incas with cords or necklaces. Necklaces with messages in terms of indigenous peoples.