- free dictionary. The word
chicle comes from the
Nahuatl word for the gum,
tzictli [ˈt͡sikt͡ɬi],
which can be
translated as "sticky stuff". Alternatively...
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Mexican Spanish word "chicle",
derived from the
Aztec Nahuatl word "chictli/
tzictli",
meaning "sticky stuff" and
referring to a pre-Columbian
chewing gum found...
-
chili (from
Nahuatl chilli). The word
chicle is also
derived from
Nahuatl tzictli 'sticky stuff, chicle'. Some
other English words from
Nahuatl are: Aztec...
- [t͡ʃaˈjoʔt͡ɬi] Chia (definition) from
chiyan [ˈt͡ʃi.jan]
Chicle (definition) from
tzictli [ˈt͡sikt͡ɬi]
Chili (definition) from chīlli [ˈt͡ʃiːlːi]
Chipotle (definition)...
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Nahuatl chichiatl, "fermented water."
chicle from
chicle "gum", from
Nahuatl tzictli "squishy stuff" or
Mayan tsicte.
chile from
Spanish chile, from Nahuatl...
-
Latin m**** ("hand")
Manilkara chicle sapotacean Nahuatl or
Mayan From
tzictli or
tsicte ("gum," "sticky stuff")
Manilkara zapota (Sapodilla) sapotacean...
- from
Nahuatl (the
title comes from xoloitzcuintli, a kind of dog, and
tzictli, gum,
gummy dog); the
whole story relies on a cat-alike
dressed kid (Vega)...
- into [ʧ].
Examples can be
found in La
Malinche (<Malintzin);
chicle (<
tzictli),
meaning “gum”; and
apapacho (<papatzoa),
roughly meaning “physical affection...
