Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin

[Olin Tezcatlipoca]

These are just some of the words that we have added to our list of Nahuatl
origin words.  There is a book out there called AZTECISMOS that is a
dictionary like book listing most of the words.   A lot of the words are just
used regionally, el D. F., El Salvador, etc.   Sorry that I don't have time to
get the exact word in Nahuatl.  Those Mexicans and Central Americans and
speakers of Mexican Spanish on the Nahualt List will recognize these
immediately.


ADDING TO THE LIST:
ahuite    saddened

amole      soap made from root

atole        mexican oatmeal-like breakfast

camote     sweet potato

canica      marbles, as in playing marbles

cuacha      filth, as in when you step on a piece of it

chante       home, humble abode

chapulin    grasshopper

chichi       that which the baby cries for, breast

chiar        to cry

chicle        gum

chicote      whip

chilaquiles   tortilla and eggs with chilli sausce

chipote     a bump on the head

chongo       a hair style, a bun

chueco     one who is crooked, a thing which is crooked

cochino      a pig.   Marrano is the spanish word

coco           a hurt, for babies only

comal         a grill

copal          incense

coyote         dog-like creature of the deserts

cuate           twin, your buddy, your other self

elote           corn

escuincle    little kid, pre-adolescent

guacamole    avocado sauce

guajolote      turkey

huila             a kite,

hule         rubber

mecate      rope

metate       grinding stone, for corn

mitote       trouble, a meeting

molcajete    bowl for sauce, to grind in

nana			granmother, how this came from Nantli is a mystery

nene       baby

nena        doll

nopal       cactus

papalote     kite, butterfly

pepenar      to pick up, also sexual meaning

petaca        a trunk

petate         floor mat, for sleeping

pisca          harvesting

popote         straw, as in straw you drink with

pozole          menudo like stuff from Xalixco

pulque

tamal

tapatio       a measure of tortillas

tecolote      owl

tequila

tocayo      someone who has your name

tomate

zacate      grass, as in the kind you mow

zoquete    mud

Olin Tezcatlipoca
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