List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin

A

• aguacate (Nahuatl awakatl)
• ajolote (Nahuatl axolotl)
• alpaca (Aymara and Quechua allpaqa)
• amate (Nahuatl amatl)
• ambú
• atole (Nahuatl atolli)

B

• barbacoa (Maya Baalbak’kaab)
• batata (Taíno)
• bejuco
• biznaga
• bohío
• boricua
• borinqueño

C

• cacahuate/cacahuete (Nahuatl kakawatl)
• cacao (Nahuatl)
• cacique (Taíno)
• cacomistle, cacomiztle, cacomixtle (Nahuatl kakomixtli)
• caimán (Taíno)
• calpulli (Nahuatl kalpulli)
• camelo
• camote (Nahuatl kamohtli)
• campechano
• cancha (Quechua kancha)
• caníbal (Taíno)
• canoa (Taíno)
• caoba
• capulín
• caraota
• Caribe (Taíno)
• caribú
• carioca
• caraqueño
• casava (Taíno)
• catre
• caucho
• casabe, cazabe (Taíno)
• casava (Taíno)
• cayo (Taíno)
• ceiba (Taíno)
• chacra (Quechua chakra)
• chayote (Nahuatl chayotl)
• chía
• chicle (Nahuatl tsikitl)
• chichimeca (Nahuatl chichimeka)
• chilacayote (Nahuatl)
• chile, chili (Nahuatl chilli)
• Chile
• chileno
• chinchilla
• chirimoya
• choclo (ear of corn, Quechua chuqllu)
• chocolate (Nahuatl xokolatl)
• cigarro
• condor (Quechua kuntur)
• coquí (Taíno)
• coyote (Nahuatl koyotl)
• cuate (Nahuatl koatl)
• Cuba (Taíno)

E

• ejote (Nahuatl exotl)
• elote (Nahuatl elotl)

G

• gaucho from Quechua and Mapuche (Mapudungu) "Argentine cowboy"
• guacamaya, guacamayo
• guacamole (Nahuatl awakamolli <awakatl+molli>)
• guaco, huaco
• guagua ('child', Quechua wawa)
• guajolote (Nahuatl huehxōlōtl)
• guarábana
• guanaco (Quechua wanaku)
• guano
• guaraní
• guayaba (Taíno)
• güiro

H

• Haití (Taíno)
• hamaca
• henequén
• hicaco
• hule
• huracán (Taíno)

I

• iguana (Taíno)
• inca (Quechua inka)
• ixtle (Nahuatl)

J

• jacal
• jaguar (Guaraní)
• Jamaica (Taíno)
• jíbaro
• jícama (Nahuatl xikámatl)
• jícara
• jitomate
• jobo

L

• lempira
• loro
• llama (Quechua)(animal)

M

• mabí, maví (Taíno)
• macana
• macanudo
• maguey (Taíno)
• maiz (Taíno)
• mamey (Taíno)
• manatí (Taíno)
• mandioca (Nheengatu/Guaraní manio'k / mandio)
• mangle (Taíno)
• maní
• maraca
• maracuyá
• mate ('drink')
• maya
• mecate (Nahuatl mekatl)
• mesquite (Nāhuatl mizquitl)
• milpa (Nahuatl milpan)
• mixteco (Nahuatl mixtekatl)
• mole ('sauce', Nahuatl molli)

N

• nahua
• náhuatl
• nana
• nene
• nigua
• nopal (Nahuatl nopalli)

Ñ

• ñandú
• ñapa, yapa

O

• ocelote (Nahuatl ocelotl)
• ocote (Nahuatl okotl)
• olmeca (Nahuatl olmekatl)

P

• palta
• pampa (Quechua)
• papa
• papaya (Taíno)
• patata
• pécari
• petaca
• petate
• pinole
• popote (Nahuatl, popotl)
• poroto
• potosí
• pozole (Nahuatl, pozolli)
• pulque (Classical Nahuatl poliuhqui octli)
• puma (Quechua)

Q

• quechua (Quechua qhichwa)
• quetzal (Nahuatl)
• quiltro
• quisqueyano

S

• sabana (Taíno)
• sealey
• sonsote, cenzotle
• soroche

T

• tobacco (Taíno)
• taco
• tamal (Nahuatl tamalli)
• tamandua
• tapioca
• tapir
• tarahumara
• tepehuán (Nahuatl Tēpēhuanih, Tepēhuāntin, Tēpēhuanitlahtōlli, and/or Tepēhuahcān)
• tequila (Tecuilah)
• tiburón (Taíno)
• tiza (Nahuatl, tizatl)
• tocayo (Nahuatl, tocaitl)
• tolteca
• tomate (Nahuatl tómatl)
• tucán
• tuna
• tuza (Nahuatl)

V

• vicuña (Quechua wik'uña)

Y

• yuca

Z

• zacate (Nahuatl zakatl)
• zapallo
• zapote (Nahuatl zapotl)
• zapoteca (Nahuatl zapotekatl)
• zarigüeya
• zopilote (Nahuatl zopilotl)

Arawakan

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Aymara

• china= feminine form of chino, see chino below
• chino= a person indigenous to the Americas, a mestizo, a servant: from Aymara (or Quechua) china "female animal, servant"

Carib

• arepa = a typical maize bread ; a pancake, a thin cake, fried or roasted made of maize flour (from Carib arepa)
• canoa = a typical dugout canoe made by the native Amerindians (from Carib kanawa)
• curiara = a typical dugout canoe made by the native Amerindians (from Carib kurijara)

Mayan

chuco = adv (comp)

Nahuatl

Quechua

Quechuan /ˈkɛtʃwən/, also known as runa simi ("people's language"), is a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably some 8 million to 10 million speakers

Taíno

• canoa = a typical dugout canoe made by the native Amerindians (from Taíno canowa)

Tupi–Guarani languages

• Guarani language: ñandú, ananá, guaraná, tatú, cajú, yacaré.
• Nheengatu language: tapioca (< typyʼók-a), jaguar (< jawár-a), mandioca (< maniʼók-a), tucán (< tukán-a) o tapir (< tapiʼír-a).

Yaqui

• buqui = boy/child
• bichi = nude