alcayata

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الخَيَاطَة, from Latin cāia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alkaˈʝata/ [al.kaˈʝa.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /alkaˈʝata/ [al.kaˈʝa.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alkaˈʃata/ [al.kaˈʃa.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alkaˈʒata/ [al.kaˈʒa.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: al‧ca‧ya‧ta

Noun

alcayata f (plural alcayatas)

1. meat hook
2. spike

Further reading

• “alcayata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28