Uqsha (local Quechua for a high altitude grass Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash-20-Oct-06 Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash] See Spanish: Paja - Ancash Quechua paha, uqsha (uqsa), also spelled Ocsha) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 4800 meters high.