alcayata

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الخَيَاطَة, from Latin cāia.

Pronunciation

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• 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]

Noun

alcayata f (plural alcayatas)

1. meat hook
2. spike

Further reading

• “alcayata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014