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The word '''chinampa''' (first English attestation 1832 [[Haugen, Jason D. 2009. Borrowed borrowings: Nahuatl loan words in English. Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, (3).|Haugen 2009]]), is from the Nahuatl ''china:mpa'' /''china:mi-pa''/ "fence-loc". | The word '''chinampa''' (first English attestation 1832 [[Haugen, Jason D. 2009. Borrowed borrowings: Nahuatl loan words in English. Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, (3).|Haugen 2009]]), is from the Nahuatl ''china:mpa'' /''china:mi-pa''/ "fence-loc". | ||
''Chinamitl'' referring to a fence of sticks, reeds or stalks staked into the ground, seems to be analyzable as ''chi-nami-tl'' /point-wall-abs/. The root ''-nami-'' "wall" is not attested independently, but can be inferred from this word and from another word ''tenamitl'' meaning "stone wall" (te- | ''[[Chinamitl]]'' referring to a fence of sticks, reeds or stalks staked into the ground, seems to be analyzable as ''chi-nami-tl'' /point-wall-abs/. The root ''-nami-'' "wall" is not attested independently, but can be inferred from this word and from another word ''[[tenamitl]]'' meaning "stone wall" (te- meaning "stone, rock"). The ''chi''- in turn is likely the same ''chi'' as in ''chima:lli'' "shield", which I believe refers to "points", i.e. the pointy parts of weapons. This comes from PCN *''tsi'' "point". | ||
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The word chinampa (first English attestation 1832 Haugen 2009), is from the Nahuatl china:mpa /china:mi-pa/ "fence-loc".
Chinamitl referring to a fence of sticks, reeds or stalks staked into the ground, seems to be analyzable as chi-nami-tl /point-wall-abs/. The root -nami- "wall" is not attested independently, but can be inferred from this word and from another word tenamitl meaning "stone wall" (te- meaning "stone, rock"). The chi- in turn is likely the same chi as in chima:lli "shield", which I believe refers to "points", i.e. the pointy parts of weapons. This comes from PCN *tsi "point".