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This is a list of Spanish words that come from Indigenous languages of the Americas. It is further divided into words that come from Arawakan, Aymara, Carib, Mayan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Tarahumara, Tupi, and uncertain (the word is known to be from the Americas, but the exact source language is unclear). Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.
List
- aguacate
- ajolete
- alpaca
- amate
- atole
- barbacoa
- batata
- bejuco
- biznaga
- bohío
- boricua
- borinqueño
- cachuate
- cacao
- cacique
- cacomistle, cacomiztle
- caimán
- calpulli
- camelo
- camote
- campechano
- cancha
- caníbal
- canoa
- caoba
- capulín
- caraota
- caribe
- caribú
- carioca
- caraqueño
- catre
- caucho
- casabe, cazabe
- ceiba
- chacra
- chayote
- chía
- chicle
- chichimeca,
- chilacayote
- chile
- Chile
- chileno
- chinchilla
- chirimaya
- choclo (ear of corn)
- chocolate
- cigarro
- coyote
- cuate
- ejote
- elote
- gauch
- guacamaya, guacamayo
- guacamole
- guaco, huaco
- guagua (child)
- guajolote
- guarábana
- guanaco
- guano
- guaraní
- guayaba
- guineo
- güiro
- hamaca
- henequén
- hicaco
- hule
- huracán
- iguana
- inca
- ixtle
- jacal
- jaguar
- jíbaro
- jícara
- jitomate
- jobo
- lempira
- loro
- llama (animal)
- macana
- macanudo
- maguey
- maiz
- mamey
- mangle
- maní
- maraca
- maracuyá
- mate (drink)
- maya
- mecate
- mesquite
- milpa
- mixteco
- mole (sauce)
- nahua
- náhuatl
- nana
- nene
- nigua
- nopal
- ñandú
- ñapa, yapa
- ocelote
- ocote
- olmeca
- ambú
- palta
- pampa
- papa
- papaya
- patata
- pécari
- petaca
- petate
- pinole
- poroto
- potosí
- pozole
- pulque
- puma
- quechua
- quetzal
- quisqueyano
- sabana
- sonsote, cenzotle
- soroche
- tabaco
- taco
- tamal
- tamandua
- tapioca
- tapir
- tarahumara
- tequila
- tiburón
- tiza
- tolteca
- tomate
- tucán
- tuna
- vicuña
- yuca
- yuca
- zacate
- zapallo
- zapote
- zapoteca
- zarigüeya
- zopilote
Arawakan
Aymara
- china= feminine form of chino, see chino below
- chino= a person indigenous to the Americas, a mestizo, a servant: from Aymara (or Quechua) china "female animal, servant"
Carib
Mayan
Nahuatl
Quechua
Tarahumara
Tupi
Yaqui
- buqui = boy/child
- bichi = nude
uncertain derivation
See also
Reference
- "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva (ISBN 968-16-2812-8)
Lista di parole spagnole che derivano dalle lingue indigene americane
"List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin"