Words that come from Taíno “mahís”

40 words across 18 languages descend from Taíno mahís — including maize, maizemeal, maizefield, maizelike, nonmaize, mais, mais, mais.

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English (6)

Finnish (6)

Cebuano (4)

German (4)

Dutch (3)

Italian (3)

French (2)

Spanish (2)

Cuyunon (1)

Faroese (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Tagalog (1)

Translingual (1)

Cahuilla (1)

Swedish (1)

Bikol Central (1)

Waray-Waray (1)

Norman (1)