chía

See also: chia

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃia/
Rhymes: -ia

Noun

chía f (plural chías)

chia (seed of Salvia plants)

Alternative forms

chan (Central America)

Hyponyms

Salvia chia, Salvia hispanica

Derived terms

chiero

References

Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 41

Further reading

“chía” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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