This is a list of
English language
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words borrowed from
indigenous languages of the Americas
Over a thousand indigenous languages are spoken by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. These languages cannot all be demonstrated to be related to each other and are classified into a hundred or so language families (including a large num ...
, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
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**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
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or
French. It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from indigenous languages.
Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the
common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of
Native American or
First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word. For instance,
sequoias are named in honor of the Cherokee leader
Sequoyah, who lived 2,000 miles (3200 km) east of that tree's range, while the
kinkajou
The kinkajou ( /ˈkɪŋkədʒuː/ ''KING-kə-joo''; ''Potos flavus'') is a tropical rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the genus ''Potos'' ...
of South America was given a name from the unrelated North American
wolverine
The wolverine (), (''Gulo gulo''; ''Gulo'' is Latin for " glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscul ...
.
Words from Algonquian languages
Since Native Americans and First Nations peoples speaking a language of the
Algonquian group were generally the first to meet English explorers and settlers along the
Eastern Seaboard, many words from these languages made their way into English.
In addition, many place names in
North America are of Algonquian origin, for example: Mississippi (cf. and oj, misiziibi, "great river," referring to the
Mississippi River
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)
[Nichols, John, and Earl Nyholm. 1995. ''A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe''. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press] and Michigan (cf. , oj, label=Ojibwe, Mishigami, "great sea," referring to
Lake Michigan).
s and
U.S. state
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s, districts, counties and municipalities bear Algonquian names, such as
Québec,
Ottawa,
Saskatchewan
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, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Naugatuck, Connecticut, Naugatuck, Connecticut, Wyoming, District of Keewatin, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Outagamie County, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, or Algonquian-derived names, such as Algoma (word), Algoma.
Furthermore, some indigenous peoples of the Americas groups are known better by their Algonquian exonyms, rather than by their Exonym and endonym, endonym, such as the Eskimo (see below), Ho-Chunk, Winnebago (perhaps from pot, winpyéko, lit=(people of the) dirty water),
[Campbell (1997:399)] Sioux (ultimately from otw, naadowesiwag),
Assiniboine people, Assiniboine ( oj, asiniibwaan, lit=stone Sioux, label=Ojibwe)
and Chipewyan ( cr, script=Latn, čīpwayān, lit=(those who have) pointed skins or hides).
;Apishamore wikt:apishamore,
(definition): From a word in an Algonquian language meaning "something to lie down upon" (c.f. Anishinaabe language, Ojibwe ).
;Atamasco lily wikt:atamasco lily,
(definition): Earlier "attamusca", from Powhatan language, Powhatan.
;Babiche wikt:babiche,
(definition): From Míkmaq language, Míkmaq ''ápapíj'' (from ''ápapi'', "cord, thread", Proto-Algonquian language, Proto-Algonquian ''*aʔrapa·pyi'', from ''*aʔrapy-'', "net" + ''*-a·by-'', "string".
;Caribou wikt:caribou,
(definition): From Míkmaq language, Míkmaq ''qalipu'', "snow-shoveler" (from ''qalipi'', "shovel snow", Proto-Algonquian language, Proto-Algonquian ''*maka·ripi-'').
;Caucus wikt:caucus,
(definition): The etymology is disputed: two possible sources are an Algonquian word for "counsel", 'cau´-cau-as´u'; or the Algonquian , meaning an advisor, talker, or orator.
;Chinkapin wikt:chinkapin,
(definition): From Powhatan language, Powhatan ''chechinquamins'', reconstituted as , the plural form.
;Chipmunk wikt:chipmunk,
(definition): Originally "chitmunk," from Anishinaabe language, Odawa ''jidmoonh''
[Rhodes, Richard A. 1985. ''Eastern Ojibwa–Chippewa–Ottawa Dictionary''. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter] (c.f. Anishinaabe language, Ojibwe ''ajidamoo(nh)''),
"American red squirrel".
;Cisco (fish), Cisco wikt:cisco,
(definition): Originally "siscowet," from Ojibwe language ''bemidewiskaawed'' "greasy-bodied [fish]".
;Eskimo wikt:Eskimo,
(definition): From Montagnais language, Old Montagnais ''aiachkimeou'' (; modern ''ayassimēw''), meaning "snowshoe-netter" (often incorrectly claimed to be from an Ojibwe language, Ojibwe word meaning "eaters of raw [meat]"), and originally used to refer to the Mi'kmaq people, Mikmaq.
;Hackmatack wikt:hackmatack,
(definition): From an Algonquian language ''akemantak'' (c.f. Ojibwe language, Ojibwe ''aagimaandag''), "snowshoe boughs".
;Hickory wikt:hickory,
(definition): From Powhatan language, Powhatan
, "milky drink made with hickory nuts".
;Hominy wikt:Hominy, (definition): From Powhatan language, Powhatan /, literally "that which is treated", in this case "that which is ground/beaten".
;Husky wikt:Husky, (definition): Ultimately from a variant form of the word "Eskimo" (see above).
;Kinkajou wikt:kinkajou, (definition): From an Algonquian word meaning "wolverine" (c.f. Algonquin language, Algonquin ''kwingwaage'', Anishinaabe language, Ojibwe ''gwiingwa'aage''),[RHD (1987:1247)] (e.g. Massachusett language, Massachusett/Narragansett ''moos'',[RHD (1987:1268)]
;Muskrat wikt:muskrat, (definition): A Folk etymology, folk-etymologized reshaping of earlier "musquash", from Massachusett language, Massachusett (c.f. Western Abenaki language, Western Abenaki ''mòskwas''), apparently from Proto-Algonquian language, Proto-Algonquian ''*mo·šk'', "bob (at the surface of the water)" + ''*-exkwe·-'', "head" + a derivational ending).[American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language] or Massachusett language, Massachusett , "baby".
;Pecan wikt:pecan, (definition): From Illinois language, Illinois ''pakani'' (c.f. Anishinaabe language, Ojibwe ''bagaan''),[Goddard, Ives (1978). "Eastern Algonquian languages", in "Northeast", ed. Bruce G. Trigger. Vol. 15 of ''Handbook of North American Indians'', ed. William C. Sturtevant. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pg. 75]
;Sagamore (title), Sagamore wikt:sagamore, (definition): From Eastern Abenaki language, Eastern Abenaki ''sakəma'' (c.f. Narragansett ), "chief", from Eastern Algonquian languages, Proto-Eastern Algonquian ''*sākimāw''.[RHD (1987:1850)]
;Squaw wikt:squaw, (definition): From Massachusett language, Massachusett (c.f. Cree language, Cree ''iskwē'', Anishinaabe language, Ojibwe ''ikwe''),[Bright (2004:489)] from Eastern Algonquian languages, Proto-Eastern Algonquian ''*tōrəpēw''.
;Toboggan wikt:toboggan, (definition): From Mi'kmaq language, Míkmaq ''topaqan''[RHD (1987:1990)] or Maliseet-Passamaquoddy (Proto-Algonquian language, Proto-Algonquian ''*weta·pye·kani'', from ''*wet-'', "to drag" + ''*-a·pye·-'', "cordlike object" + ''*-kan'', "instrument for").
Words from Nahuatl
:''Unless otherwise specified, is among the sources used for each etymology''
Words of Nahuatl origin have entered many European languages. Mainly they have done so via Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
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. Most words of Nahuatl origin end in a form of the Nahuatl "Classical Nahuatl grammar#Nouns, absolutive suffix" (, , or , or the Spanish adaptation ), which marked unpossessed nouns.
;Achiote wikt:achiote, (definition): from
;Atlatl wikt:atlatl, (definition): from
;Atole wikt:atole, (definition): from
;Avocado wikt:avocado, (definition): from , 'avocado' or 'testicle' , via Spanish ''aguacate'' and later ''avocado'' (influenced by early Spanish ''abogado'' 'lawyer')
;Axolotl wikt:axolotl, (definition): , via Spanish, ultimately from , 'water' + , 'male servant'
;Aztec wikt:aztec, (definition): from 'coming from Aztlan', via Spanish ''Azteca''
;Cacao bean, Cacao wikt:cacao, (definition) and Cocoa bean, Cocoa wikt:cocoa, (definition): from
;Chayote wikt:chayote, (definition): from
;Chia wikt:chia, (definition): from
;Chicle wikt:chicle, (definition): from
;Chile pepper, Chili wikt:chili, (definition): from
;Chipotle wikt:chipotle, (definition): from 'smoked chili', from ''chili'' + ''poctli'' 'smoke'
;Chocolate wikt:chocolate, (definition): Often said to be from Nahuatl [What is Mezcal]
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;Mole (sauce), Mole wikt:mole, (definition): from , 'sauce'
;Nixtamalization wikt:nixtamalization, (definition): from
;Nopal wikt:nopal, (definition): from , 'prickly pear cactus', via American Spanish
;Ocelot wikt:ocelot, (definition): from 'jaguar', via French
; Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo wiktionary:ocotillo, (definition): from ''ocotl'' 'pine, torch made of pine', via Mexican Spanish ''ocote'' + diminutive -''illo''
;Peyote wikt:peyote, (definition): from . Nahuatl probably borrowed the root from another language, but the source is not known.
;Pinole wikt:pinole, (definition): from , via Spanish
;Quetzal wikt:quetzal, (definition): from , 'quetzal feather'.
;Sapodilla wikt:sapodilla, (definition): from
;Sapota wikt:sapota, (definition): from
;Shack wikt:shack, (definition): possibly from , 'grass hut', by way of Mexican Spanish.
Words from Quechua
:''Unless otherwise specified
Words in English from Amerindian Languages
is among the sources used for each etymology''
A number of words from Quechua language, Quechua have entered English, mostly via Spanish, adopting Hispanicized spellings.
;Ayahuasca wikt:ayahuasca, (definition): from ''aya'' "corpse" and ''waska'' "rope", via Spanish
;Cachua wikt:cachua, (definition): from ''qhachwa''
;Chinchillawikt:chinchilla, (definition): possibly from Quechua. May be from Spanish ''chinche''
;Chuño wikt:chuño, (definition): from ''ch'uñu''
;Coca wikt:coca, (definition): from ''kuka'', via Spanish
;Cocaine wikt:cocaine, (definition): from ''kuka'' (see above), probably via French
;Condor wikt:condor, (definition): from ''kuntur'', via Spanish
;Gran Chaco wikt:Gran Chaco, (definition): from ''chaku'', "hunt"
;Guanaco wikt:guanaco, (definition): from ''wanaku''
;Guano wikt:guano, (definition): from ''wanu'' via Spanish
;Inca wikt:Inca, (definition): from ''Inka'' "lord, king"
;Jerky (food), Jerky wikt:jerky, (definition): from ''ch'arki'', via Spanish
;Lagniappe wikt:lagniappe, (definition): from ''yapay'', "add, addition", via Spanish (with the definite article ''la'').
;Lima bean, Lima wikt:lima, (definition): from ''rimay'', "speak" (from the name of Lima, Peru, the city, named for the ''Rimaq'' river ("speaking river"))
;Llama wikt:llama, (definition): from ''llama'', via Spanish
;Lucuma wikt:lucuma, (definition): from ''lukuma'', via Spanish
;Mashua wikt:mashua, (definition): from ''maswa''
;Pampa wikt:pampa, (definition): from ''pampa'', "a large plain", via Spanish
;Pisco wikt:pisco, (definition): from ''pisqu'', "bird"
;Puma (genus), Puma wikt:puma, (definition): from ''puma'', via Spanish
;Quinine wikt:quinine, (definition): from ''kinakina'', via Spanish
;Quinoa wikt:quinoa, (definition): from ''kinwa'', via Spanish
;Quipu wikt:quipu, (definition): from ''khipu'', via Spanish
;Soroche wikt:soroche, (definition): from ''suruqchi'' or ''suruqch'i'', "Altitude sickness"
;Vicuña wikt: vicuña, (definition): from ''wik'uña'', via Spanish
;Viscacha wikt: viscacha, (definition): from ''wisk'acha'', via Spanish
Words from Eskimo–Aleut languages
; Anorak wikt:anorak, (definition): from Kalaallisut language, Greenlandic Inuit ''annoraaq''
; Chimo wikt:chimo, (definition): from the Inuktitut word ''saimo'' (Inuktitut syllabics, ᓴᐃᒧ , a word of greeting, farewell, and Toast (honor), toast before drinking.[Bill Casselman's ''Canadian Word of the Day'' entry for Chimo](_blank)
Used as a greeting and cheer Canadian Military Engineers#Chimo, by the Canadian Military Engineers, and more widely in some parts of Southern Ontario and Western Canada, particularly in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
; Igloo wikt:igloo, (definition): from Inuktitut ''iglu'' (Inuktitut syllabics, ᐃᒡᓗ )[Foretescue, Michael, Steven Jacobson, and Lawrence Kaplan (1994). ''Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, with Aleut Cognates''. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center]
; Ilanaaq wikt:ilanaaq, (definition): Inuktitut ''ilanaaq'' (Inuktitut syllabics, ᐃᓚᓈᒃ ), "friend". Name of the logo for the 2010 Winter Olympics#Marketing, 2010 Winter Olympics
; Inukshuk, Inuksuk wikt:inukshuk, (definition): from Inuktitut ''inuksuk'' (Inuktitut syllabics, ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ )
Words from Arawakan languages
;Anole wikt:anole, (definition): from an Arawakan languages, Arawakan language, or possibly Cariban languages, Cariban, via French ''anolis''.
;Barbecue wikt:barbecue, (definition): from an Arawakan languages, Arawakan language of Haiti ''barbakoa'', "framework of sticks", via Spanish
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''barbacoa''.
;Buccaneer wikt:buccaneer, (definition): from an Arawakan languages, Arawakan language ''buccan'', "a wooden frame on which Taínos and Caribs slowly roasted or smoked meat",via French ''boucane''.
;Cacique or cassique wikt:cacique, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno ''cacike'' or Arawak language, Arawak "chieftain"
;Caiman wikt:caiman, (definition): from a Maipurean languages#Northern Maipurean, Ta-Maipurean language, "water spirit" (c.f. Garifuna language, Garifuna ), though possibly ultimately of African origin.
;Canoe wikt:canoe, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno via Spanish
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''canoa''.
;Cassava wikt:cassava, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno ''caçabi'', "manioc meal", via Spanish
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or Portuguese language, Portuguese.
;Cay wikt:cay, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno, via Spanish .
;Guaiacum, Guaiac wikt:guaiac, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno ''guayacan'' via Spanish and Latin.
;Guava wikt:guava, (definition): from an Arawakan language, by way of Spanish .
;Hammock wikt:hammock, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno, via Spanish .
;Hurricane wikt:hurricane, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno ''hurakán'', via Spanish
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.
;Iguana wikt:iguana, (definition): from an Arawakan languages, Arawakan language ''iwana''.
;Macana wikt:macana, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno ''macana'' via Spanish.
;Maize wikt:maize, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno ''mahís'', via Spanish.
;Mangrove wikt:mangrove, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno, via Spanish
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''mangle'' or Portuguese language, Portuguese ''mangue''.
;Papaya wikt:papaya, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno.
;Potato wikt:potato, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno or Haitian Cariban languages, Carib ''batata'' 'sweet potato', via Spanish
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''patata''.
;Savanna wikt:savanna, (definition): from Taíno language, Taíno ''zabana'', via Spanish
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.
;Tobacco wikt:tobacco, (definition): probably from an Arawakan languages, Arawakan language, via es, tabaco.Spanish
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.
Words from Tupi–Guaraní languages, Tupi-Guaraní
;Acai wikt:acai, (definition): from Tupi language, Tupi ''*ɨβasaí'', via Brazilian Portuguese ''assaí'', ''uaçaí'', ''açaí''.
;Ani (bird), Ani wikt:ani, (definition): from Tupi language, Tupi ''*anúʔí''.
;Agouti wikt:agouti, (definition): from Tupian languages, Tupi–Guaraní ''akutí'', via Portuguese language, Portuguese ''aguti'' through French.
;Cashew wikt:cashew, (definition): from Tupi language, Tupí ''acaîu,'' via Portuguese language, Portuguese ''caju''.
;Capybara wikt:capybara, (definition): from Guarani language, Guaraní ''kapibári'' 'the grass eater ' via Portuguese language, Portuguese ''capivara'' through French.
;Catupiry wikt:catupiry, (definition): from Guarani language, Guaraní ''katupyry'' via Portuguese language, Brazilian Portuguese.
;Cayenne wikt:cayenne, (definition): from Tupi language, Tupí ''kyinha'' via French.
;Cougar wikt:cougar, (definition): ultimately corrupted from Guarani language, Guaraní ''guaçu ara''.
;Jaguar wikt:jaguar, (definition): from Old Tupi language, Tupinambá via Portuguese language, Portuguese ''jaguar'' through French ,.[Jensen, Cheryl (1999). "Tupí–Guaraní". In The Amazonian Languages, eds. R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, pp. 125–163. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 126]
;Jaguarundi wikt:jaguarundi, (definition): from Guaraní language, Guaraní via Portuguese language, Portuguese.
;Maraca wikt:maraca, (definition): from Tupi language, Tupí ''maraka'' via Portuguese language, Portuguese.
;Macaw wikt:macaw, (definition): via Portuguese language, Portuguese ''Macau'' from Tupi language, Tupi ''macavuana,'' which may be the name of a type of palm tree the fruit of which the birds eat.
;Manioc wikt:manioc, (definition): from Old Tupi language, Tupinambá via Portuguese language, Portuguese ''man(d)ioca'' through French .
Words from other indigenous languages of the Americas
;Abalone wikt:abalone, (definition): from Rumsen language, Rumsen ''awlun'' and Ohlone ''aluan'', via Spanish
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''abulón.''
;Alpaca wikt:alpaca, (definition): from Aymara language, Aymara ''allpaka'', via Spanish
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.
;Appaloosa wikt:appaloosa, (definition): Either named for the Palouse River, whose name comes from Sahaptin language, Sahaptin ''palú:s'', "what is standing up in the water"; or for Opelousas, Louisiana, Opelousas, Louisiana, which may come from Choctaw language, Choctaw ''api losa'', "black body".
;Barracuda wikt:barracuda, (definition): from Spanish, perhaps originally from Carib language, Carib.
;Bayou wikt:bayou, (definition): from early Choctaw language, Choctaw ''bayuk'', "creek, river", via French.
;Camassia, Camas wikt:camas, (definition): from Nez Perce language, Nez Perce '.
;Cannibal wikt:cannibal, (definition): via Spanish
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''Caníbalis'', from a Cariban languages, Cariban language, meaning "person, Indian", (Proto-Cariban ''*karípona''), based on the Spaniards' belief that the Caribs ate human flesh.
;Catalpa wikt:catalpa, (definition): from Creek language, Creek ''katałpa'' "head-wing", with ''(i)ká'', "head" + ''(i)táłpa'', "wing".
;Cenote wikt:cenote, (definition): from Yucatec Maya language, Yucatec Maya ''dzonot'' or ''ts'onot'' meaning "well".
;Cheechako wikt:cheechako, (definition): from Chinook Jargon + ''chako'', "new come". ''Chee'' comes from Chinookan languages, Lower Chinook ''čxi'', "straightaway", and for ''chako'' c.f. Nuuchahnulth language, Nuuchahnulth ''čokwaa'', "come!"
;Chicha: via Spanish from Kuna language, Kuna ''chichab'', "maize" or from Nahuatl , "fermented water."
;Chinook wind, Chinook wikt:chinook, (definition): from Chehalis (tribe), Lower Chehalis , the name of a village, via Chinook Jargon, Chinook Trade Jargon.
;Chuckwalla wikt:chuckwalla, (definition): from Cahuilla ''čáxwal''.
;Coho wikt:coho, (definition): from Halkomelem language, Halkomelem ''k̉ʷə́xʷəθ'' ().Spanish
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''manatí'', from a word in a Cariban languages, Cariban language meaning "(woman's) breast".
;Ohunka: from Lakota language, Lakota "false", "untrue".
;Peccary wikt:Peccary, (definition): from Galibi language, Galilbi Carib ''pakira''.
;Piki wikt:Piki, (definition): from Hopi language, Hopi.
;Pogonip wikt:Pogonip, (definition): from Shoshone language, Shoshone (), "fog".
;Poncho wikt:poncho, (definition): from Mapudungun ''pontho'' "woolen fabric", via Spanish.
;Potlatch wikt:potlatch, (definition): from Nuu-chah-nulth language, Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) ''p̉aƛp̉ač'' (, reduplication of ''p̉a'', "to make ceremonial gifts in potlatch", with the Aspect (linguistics)#Examples of various aspects rendered in English, iterative suffix ''-č'') via Chinook Jargon.
;Salal wikt:salal, (definition): from Chinook Jargon, Chinook Trade Jargon , from Chinookan languages, Lower Chinook ''salál''.
;Saguaro wikt:saguaro, (definition): via Spanish
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, from some indigenous language, possibly Opata language, Opata.
;Bigfoot, Sasquatch wikt:sasquatch, (definition): From Halkomelem language, Halkomelem .
;Calochortus nuttallii, Sego wikt:sego, (definition): from Ute language, Ute-Southern Paiute ().
;Sequoia (genus), Sequoia wikt:sequoia, (definition): from a Cherokee language, Cherokee personal name, , with no further known etymology.
;Sockeye salmon, Sockeye wikt:sockeye, (definition): from Halkomelem language, Halkomelem .
;Skookum wikt:skookum, (definition): from Chinook Jargon , "powerful, supernaturally dangerous", from Salishan languages, Lower Chehalis ''skʷəkʷə́m'', "devil, anything evil, spirit monster".
;Tamarin wikt:tamarin, (definition): from a Cariban languages, Cariban language, via French.
;Tipi wikt:tipi, (definition): from Lakota language, Lakota ''thípi'', "house".[RHD (1987:2200)]
See also
*List of placenames of indigenous origin in the Americas
*List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin
*List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin
*List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin
*List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin
References
Bibliography
* Bright, William (2004). ''Native American Place Names of the United States''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press
* Campbell, Lyle (1997). ''American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America''. Oxford: Oxford University Press
* Flexner, Stuart Berg and Leonore Crary Hauck, eds. (1987). ''The Random House Dictionary of the English Language'' [RHD], 2nd ed. (unabridged). New York: Random House.
* Siebert, Frank T. (1975). "Resurrecting Virginia Algonquian from the Dead: The Reconstituted and Historical Phonology of Powhatan". In ''Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages'', ed. James M. Crawford, pp. 285–453. Athens: University of Georgia Press
External links
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