chilli
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chilli (plural chillis or chillies)
- Alternative spelling of chili
Translations edit
chili — see chili
Central Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Tlaxcala): chili
Etymology edit
From Classical Nahuatl chilli.
Noun edit
chilli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chīlli inan (plural chīlli)
- (it is) a chili pepper
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 30r:
- A xi pimienta dela tierra. chilli.
- A chili, a pepper from the land. chilli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 17v. col. 2:
- Axi o pimienta deſta tierra. chilli.
- Chili, or pepper from this land. chilli.
- Idem, f. 21r. col. 1.
- Chilli. axi. o pimienta de las indias.
- Chilli. a chili, or pepper from the Indies.
- Chilli. axi. o pimienta de las indias.
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from chīlli
Descendants edit
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 30, 17
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl chīlli
Noun edit
chilli
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English chilli.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chilli n (indeclinable)
- Alternative spelling of chili