English
Nevado Sajama
Nevado Sajama comes from Spanish Nevado Sajama.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentNevado Sajama
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentNevado Sajama
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of nevado ‘snowy’ + chak xaña ‘west’
The story
The province this volcano is located within is also from Aymara chak xaña.
Every English word from Spanish Nevado Sajama
Today it means
name A volcano in Sajama, Oruro department, Bolivia, the tallest peak in the country.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Nevado Sajama / Nevado Sajama