Humita: maize paste.
Inquilino: farm-worker on a Chilean estate, on special conditions. Usually given free house, land for cultivation, rations, small wages, and use of implements.
Invernado: wintering-place for cattle.
Litre: a tree used for fuel. Leaves poisonous, affecting persons in the tree’s shade.
Llareta (Lareta acaulis): umbelliferous plant of low growth, spreading to an enormous size like a giant mushroom: grows in uplands of Tacna and Antofagasta, and is cut, dried on lower slopes, and brought down to inhabited regions to serve as fuel.
Luche: sea-weed used for making stews.
Lumo: a large tree supplying good timber.
Machí: medicine-woman of the Araucanians.
Maitén: tree with white wood. Leaves infused to obtain a febrifuge.
Mampato: the small Chilean pony.