Original: The Sapa Inca ( '' The Great Inca '' ) , also known as Apu ( '' Divinity '' ) , Inka Qhapaq ( '' mighty Inca '' ) , or simply Sapa ( '' The Great One '' ) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Cusco and later , the Emperor of the Inca Empire ( Tawantinsuyu ) .
Simplified: Sapa Inca was the title of the Inca emperor . Sapa Inca means '' The Great Inca '' or '' The Only Inca '' in Quechua , the Inca language .