Seri Auto Parts
One way to talk about something new in a culture is to borrow a word from the people who had it first. Spanish borrowed the Nahuatl word tomatl, changing it to tomate. Then English borrowed it from Spanish, changing it to tomato.
Alternately, we can make up a word. That is what the Seri people like to do. Look at the ways they name auto parts, which are relatively new to their culture.
(ziix iitax itj iixquim)
(hant imáasij an ihíij)
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