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*''[[chil-]]'' is derived either from PSUA *''[[tsira]]'' "red" from PSUA *''[[sita]]'' "red", or from *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn". | *''[[chil-]]'' is derived either from PSUA *''[[tsira]]'' "red" from PSUA *''[[sita]]'' "red", or from *''[[tsiri]]'' "singe, burn". | ||
*''[[po:k]]-'' is from the Nahua verbal root ''[[po:ka]]'' "to smoke". This root may either be related to the PSUA root *''[[po:tsa]]'' "to swell, to inflate" or it may be a loan from Téenek (Huastec Maya) ''pau'' "smoke" with the pre-Nahua verbalizing suffix -''ka''. | *''[[po:k]]-'' is from the Nahua verbal root ''[[po:ka]]'' "to smoke". This root may either be related to the PSUA root *''[[po:tsa]]'' "to swell, to inflate" or it may be a loan from Téenek (Huastec Maya) ''pau'' "smoke" with the pre-Nahua verbalizing suffix -''ka''. | ||
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Revision as of 10:45, 9 June 2025
The word chipotle ("smoked jalapeño chili"; first attested in English originally as chilpotle or chilpocle (Haugen 2009)) comes from the Nahuatl /tʃil-pok-tli/ <chilpoctli>. The word is composed of the roots chil- /tʃil-/ "chili" and po:k- "smoke" (and the -tli absolutive suffix).
- chil- is derived either from PSUA *tsira "red" from PSUA *sita "red", or from *tsiri "singe, burn".
- po:k- is from the Nahua verbal root po:ka "to smoke". This root may either be related to the PSUA root *po:tsa "to swell, to inflate" or it may be a loan from Téenek (Huastec Maya) pau "smoke" with the pre-Nahua verbalizing suffix -ka.