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	The word '''chilli''' (''"Capsicum annuum"'', first attested ) comes from Nahuatl <''chilli''> /''tʃi:l-li''/ of the same meaning.		The word '''chilli''' (''"Capsicum annuum"'', first attested in English in 1662 ([[Haugen, Jason D. 2009. Borrowed borrowings: Nahuatl loan words in English. Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, (3).\|Haugen 2009]])) comes from Nahuatl <''chilli''> /''tʃi:l-li''/ of the same meaning.

	The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:		The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:

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	The word 'chilli'' (''"Capsicum annuum"'', first attested ) comes from Nahuatl <''chilli''> /''tʃi:l-li''/ of the same meaning.		The word '''chilli''' (''"Capsicum annuum"'', first attested ) comes from Nahuatl <''chilli''> /''tʃi:l-li''/ of the same meaning.

	The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:		The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:

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	The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:		The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:

	#. from Pre-Nahua ''[[tsira]]'' "red" from PSUA ''[[sita]]'' "red". One argument for this derivation is that one of the words for "red" in Nahuatl is <chichi:ltic> /tʃitʃi:ltik/ which is often thought to be derived from the word for chilli. The form tsira is not supported by cognates in Coracholan, but it would not an unexpected development from sita "red" given stress on the first syllable, which would motivate a fortis reflex of s and a lenis reflex of t, giving ''síta'' > ''tsíra'', following lateralization of the r the unaccented second syllable is then lost with compensatory lengthening of the vowel in the first syllable ''tsíra'' > tsi:l, and then the ts is palatalized giving /tʃi:l/ .		:1. from Pre-Nahua ''[[tsira]]'' "red" from PSUA ''[[sita]]'' "red". One argument for this derivation is that one of the words for "red" in Nahuatl is <chichi:ltic> /tʃitʃi:ltik/ which is often thought to be derived from the word for chilli. The form tsira is not supported by cognates in Coracholan, but it would not an unexpected development from sita "red" given stress on the first syllable, which would motivate a fortis reflex of s and a lenis reflex of t, giving ''síta'' > ''tsíra'', following lateralization of the r the unaccented second syllable is then lost with compensatory lengthening of the vowel in the first syllable ''tsíra'' > tsi:l, and then the ts is palatalized giving /tʃi:l/ .

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	# from PSUA *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn".		:2. from PSUA *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn".


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	The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:		The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:

	1. from Pre-Nahua ''[[tsira]]'' "red" from PSUA ''[[sita]]'' "red". One argument for this derivation is that one of the words for "red" in Nahuatl is <chichi:ltic> /tʃitʃi:ltik/ which is often thought to be derived from the word for chilli. The form tsira is not supported by cognates in Coracholan, but it would not an unexpected development from sita "red" given stress on the first syllable, which would motivate a fortis reflex of s and a lenis reflex of t, giving ''síta'' > ''tsíra'', following lateralization of the r the unaccented second syllable is then lost with compensatory lengthening of the vowel in the first syllable ''tsíra'' > tsi:l, and then the ts is palatalized giving /tʃi:l/ .		#. from Pre-Nahua ''[[tsira]]'' "red" from PSUA ''[[sita]]'' "red". One argument for this derivation is that one of the words for "red" in Nahuatl is <chichi:ltic> /tʃitʃi:ltik/ which is often thought to be derived from the word for chilli. The form tsira is not supported by cognates in Coracholan, but it would not an unexpected development from sita "red" given stress on the first syllable, which would motivate a fortis reflex of s and a lenis reflex of t, giving ''síta'' > ''tsíra'', following lateralization of the r the unaccented second syllable is then lost with compensatory lengthening of the vowel in the first syllable ''tsíra'' > tsi:l, and then the ts is palatalized giving /tʃi:l/ .

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	2 from PSUA *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn".		# from PSUA *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn".


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	2 from PSUA *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn".		2 from PSUA *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn".


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The word 'chilli'' (''"Capsicum annuum"'', first attested ) comes from Nahuatl <''chilli''> /''tʃi:l-li''/ of the same meaning.

The Nahua root ''[[chil-]]'' "chilli" is most likely derived in one of two ways:

1. from Pre-Nahua *''[[tsira]]'' "red" from PSUA *''[[sita]]'' "red". One argument for this derivation is that one of the words for "red" in Nahuatl is <chichi:ltic> /tʃitʃi:ltik/ which is often thought to be derived from the word for chilli. The form *tsira is not supported by cognates in Coracholan, but it would not an unexpected development from *sita "red" given stress on the first syllable, which would motivate a fortis reflex of *s and a lenis reflex of *t, giving *''síta'' > *''tsíra'', following lateralization of the r the unaccented second syllable is then lost with compensatory lengthening of the vowel in the first syllable *''tsíra'' > *tsi:l, and then the ts is palatalized giving /tʃi:l/ .

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2 from PSUA *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn".