tejolote
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌteɪhəˈloʊteɪ/
Noun[edit]
tejolote (plural tejolotes)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl texōlōtl (“grinding stone, pestle”), from teci (“to grind maize”) + ōlōtl (“corncob”), in reference to the cylindrical shape of the pestle.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tejolote m (plural tejolotes)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tejolote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ote
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