English
almiqui
Almiqui comes from Spanish almiquí ‘Cuban solenodon’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalmiquí‘Cuban solenodon’
- Englishtodayalmiqui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalmiquí‘Cuban solenodon’
- Englishtodayalmiqui
Every English word from Spanish almiquí
Today it means
noun Atopogale cubana, a soricomorph endemic to Cuba, unusual among mammals in having venomous saliva.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish almiquí / almiqui