chiltoma

English

Etymology

From Spanish, from Nahuatl.

Noun

chiltoma (plural chiltomas)

  1. Any sweet pepper.

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Nahuatl chiltotl, chīltōtōtl (“brightly-coloured bird”), from chīlli + tōtōtl; compare chiltic, chīchīltic (“the colour red”).

Alternatively, perhaps from chilli (“chili, pepper”) + tomatl (“tomatillo”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃilˈtoma/, [t͡ʃil̪ˈt̪oma]

Noun

chiltoma f (plural chiltomas)

  1. (Nicaragua) sweet pepper

References
  1. William Woys Weaver, 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From (2000, →ISBN, page 48: The word chiltoma (pronounced cheel-TOE-ma) is a term of Nahuatl origin that combines two separate words into one: chil (pepper) and tomatl (tomatillo).
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