cajete

See also: Caiete and Caiète

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈxete/ [kaˈxe.t̪e]

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).

Noun

cajete m (plural cajetes)

1. (Mexico) A bowl, basin or similar container.
2. (El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) An unglazed clay pot used in cooking.
3. (Mexico) A hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.

Related terms

• molcajete

Etymology 2

Shortening of molcajete, or directly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.

Noun

cajete m (plural cajetes)

1. (Sonora, Mexico) molcajete

References

• Template:R:DRAE 2001
• Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 34