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Appendix:English terms of Native North American origin Sep 22nd 2012, 03:37 ‎from Nahuatl lects: ← Older revision Revision as of 03:37, 22 September 2012 Line 364: Line 364:   * [[pinole]] — "coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often mixed with herbs, eaten by itself (sic) or incorporated into drinks" — {{nah}} {{term|pinolli||maize flour; any powder|lang=en}}   * [[pinole]] — "coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often mixed with herbs, eaten by itself (sic) or incorporated into drinks" — {{nah}} {{term|pinolli||maize flour; any powder|lang=en}}   * [[pozole]] — "pre-Columbian soup made from hominy, other things and seasonings" — {{nah}}/{{nci}} {{term|pozolli||stew of maize kernels|lang=nah}}   * [[pozole]] — "pre-Columbian soup made from hominy, other things and seasonings" — {{nah}}/{{nci}} {{term|pozolli||stew of maize kernels|lang=nah}} − * [[pulque]] — "octli: milk-colored, somewhat viscous alcoholic drink, which produces a light foam, made by fermenting the sap of certain types of agave plants" — (via an erroneous {{es}} adoption of) {{nah}} {{term||octli poliuhqui|spoilt octli|lang=nah}}<!-- + * [[pulque]] — "octli: milk-colored, somewhat viscous alcoholic drink, which produces a light foam, made by fermenting the sap of certain types of agave plants" — (via an erroneous {{es}} adoption of) {{nah}} {{term||octli poliuhqui|spoilt octli|lang=nah}} − + * [[quetzal]] — "strikingly colored bird in the trogon<!--sic--> family" — {{nah}} {{term|quetzalli||large tail feather of the quetzal|lang=nah}} − + * [[quetzalcoatlus]] — "North America pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage, about 68–65.5 million years ago)" — {{nci}} {{term|Quetzalcohuatl|Quetzalcohuātl|feathered serpent|pos=a deity|lang=nci}} − --> + * [[sapodilla]] — "''Manilkara zapota'', a long-lived, evergreen tree, which has edible fruit" — related to "[[sapote]]"   + * [[sapote]] (also: [[zapote]], [[sapota]], [[zapota]]<!--check that these are all attested-->) — "edible fruit of the sapodilla tree" — {{nah}} {{term|tzapotl||sapote (fruit)|lang=nah}}   * <small>[[shack]] — "crude, roughly built hut" — (some authorities derive it from {{nah}} {{term|xacalli||adobe hut|lang=nah}}, but others consider this phonologically impossible and relate the word to {{en}} "[[ramshackle]]")</small>   * <small>[[shack]] — "crude, roughly built hut" — (some authorities derive it from {{nah}} {{term|xacalli||adobe hut|lang=nah}}, but others consider this phonologically impossible and relate the word to {{en}} "[[ramshackle]]")</small>   * [[sotol]] — "any of several plants of the genus ''Dasylirion'', of the agave family", "distilled spirit made from the ''Dasylirion wheeleri''" — {{nah}} {{term|zotolin||palm tree|lang=nah}}   * [[sotol]] — "any of several plants of the genus ''Dasylirion'', of the agave family", "distilled spirit made from the ''Dasylirion wheeleri''" — {{nah}} {{term|zotolin||palm tree|lang=nah}}

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