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Where does “sili” come from?

sili (Cebuano) comes from Spanish chile, from Quechua chiri, from Mapudungun chilli — where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus.

sili (Cebuano): "Capsicum"; a genus of flowering plants in the...

Definitions

  1. "Capsicum"; a genus of flowering plants in the...

Ancestry of “sili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchilechili, chilli, chile; penis
2Quechuachiricold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or...
3Mapudungunchilliwhere the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus

Words derived from “sili”

  • silisili
  • sili espada
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