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xacalli
Nahuatl · pre-1500s
"a wooden hut"
meaning "a wooden hut"
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jacal
Mexican Spanish · 1600s-1700s
"a simple wooden hut"
adopted from Nahuatl for a simple wooden dwelling
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shack
English · 1800s
"a small, roughly built hut"
adopted through contact with Mexican Spanish in the American Southwest
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