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Also tomato
Is it pronounced tomato or tomato in Nahuatl?
Probably more like jitomate
Toma’tl
Right, forgot to include it.
Chipotle is another one. The tl phoneme is a good clue that it’s a Nahuatl word since it’s uncommon in European languages. That also means the t is at the start of the third syllable rather than the end of the second, chi-po-tle
Peyote is a Spanish word derived from the Nahuatl peyōtl,[c] meaning “caterpillar cocoon”, from a root peyōni, “to glisten”.
Not just the words, but also the plants.
Also coyote!
I’m actually trying to learn Nahuatl now, it’s awesome how many words we have in Spanish (and a few in English) that come from the language.
but Chicago not
Isnt that the guy from suicide squad?