mayate

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Chayuco Mixtec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish mayate, from a Nahuan language.

Noun[edit]

mayate

  1. rhinoceros beetle

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 19

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝate/ [maˈʝa.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃate/ [maˈʃa.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒate/ [maˈʒa.t̪e]

  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: ma‧ya‧te

Etymology 1[edit]

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Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mayātl.

Noun[edit]

mayate m (plural mayates)

  1. figeater beetle, June bug (Cotinis mutabilis)
  2. (Mexico, slang) active (top) homosexual or bisexual
  3. (Chicano, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) black person
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

mayate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mayar combined with te

Further reading[edit]

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