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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.
Alphabetic list
A
- aguacate (nahuatl awakatl)
- ajolote (nahuatl axololtl)
- alpaca (quechua)
- amate (nahuatl amatl)
- ambú
- atole (nahuatl atolli)
B
- barbacoa
- batata
- bejuco
- biznaga
- bohío
- boricua
- borinqueño
C
- cacahuate/cacahuete (nahuatl kakawatl)
- cacao (nahuatl)
- cacique
- cacomistle, cacomiztle, cacomixtle (nahuatl kakomixtli)
- caimán
- calpulli (nahuatl kalpulli)
- camelo
- camote (nahuatl camohtli)
- campechano
- cancha (quechua)
- caníbal
- canoa
- caoba
- capulín
- caraota
- caribe
- caribú
- carioca
- caraqueño
- catre
- caucho
- casabe, cazabe
- ceiba
- chacra
- chayote (nahuatl chayotl)
- chía
- chicle (nahuatl tsikitl)
- chichimeca (nahuatl chichimeca)
- chilacayote (nahuatl)
- chile, chili (nahuatl chilli)
- Chile
- chileno
- chinchilla
- chirimoya
- choclo (ear of corn)
- chocolate (nahuatl chocolatl)
- cigarro
- coyote (nahuatl coyotl)
- cuate
E
- ejote
- elote
G
- gaucho (mapudungu)
- guacamaya, guacamayo
- guacamole (nahuatl)
- guaco, huaco
- guagua ('child')
- guajolote (nahuatl huehxōlōtl)
- guarábana
- guanaco
- guano
- guaraní
- guayaba
- güiro
H
- Haiti (Ayiti)
- hamaca
- henequén
- hicaco
- hule
- huracán
I
- iguana
- inca
- ixtle
J
- jacal
- jaguar
- jíbaro
- jícama
- jícara
- jitomate
- jobo
L
- lempira
- loro
- llama (animal)
M
- macana
- macanudo
- maguey
- maiz
- mamey
- mangle
- maní
- maraca
- maracuyá
- mate ('drink')
- maya
- mecate (nahuatl mecatl)
- mesquite
- milpa (nahuatl milpan)
- mixteco (nahuatl mixtecatl)
- mole ('sauce', nahuatl molli)
N
- nahua
- náhuatl
- nana
- nene
- nigua
- nopal
Ñ
- ñandú
- ñapa, yapa
O
- ocelote (nahuatl ocelotl)
- ocote (nahuatl ocotl)
- olmeca (nahuatl olmecatl)
P
- palta
- pampa
- papa
- papaya
- patata
- pécari
- petaca
- petate
- pinole
- poroto
- potosí
- pozole
- pulque
- puma
Q
- quechua
- quetzal
- quiltro
- quisqueyano
S
- sabana
- sonsote, cenzotle
- soroche
T
- tabaco
- taco
- tamal
- tamandua
- tapioca
- tapir
- tarahumara
- tequila
- tiburón
- tiza
- tolteca
- tomate
- tucán
- tuna
V
- vicuña
Y
Z
- zacate (nahuatl zacatl)
- zapallo
- zapote (nahuatl zapotl)
- zapoteca (nahuatl zapotecatl)
- zarigüeya
- zopilote (nahuatl zopilotl)
List by language of origin
Arawakan
Iguana Cocoa Barbecue Hurricane Hammock Savannah Tobacco Papaya Canoe Potato Jamaica Guava
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
- arepa = a typical maize bread ; a pancake, a thin cake, fried or roasted made of maize flour (from Carib arepa)
- canoa = a typical dugout canoe made by the native Amerindians (from Carib kanawa)
- curiara = a typical dugout canoe made by the native Amerindians (from Carib kurijara)
Mayan
chuco = adj, having a dark color, sometimes with the connotation of dirty
Nahuatl
Main article: List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin
Quechua
Tarahumara
Tupi-Guarani languages
- Guarani language: ñandú, ananá, guaraná, tatú, cajú, yacaré.
- Nheengatu language: tapioca (< typy ʔók-a) , jaguar (< jawár-a), mandioca (< mani ʔók-a), tucán (< tukán-a) o tapir (< tapi ʔír-a).
Yaqui
- buqui = boy/child
- bichi = nude
uncertain derivation
See also
References
- "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva (ISBN 968-16-2812-8)
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