metate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *metlatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈtɑːteɪ/

Noun

metate (plural metates)

1. A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.

Translations

flat stone for grinding grains

• Highland Puebla Nahuatl: metat
• Hopi: mata
• Morelos Nahuatl: metlatl
• Navajo: tsédaashjééʼ
• Southeastern Tepehuan: mattur
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: metate (es)
• Taos: óna
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: metlatl
• Tübatulabal: mana·l
• Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: mitlatl

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Adverb

metate

1. present adverbial passive participle of meti

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) mētāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mētātus

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *metlatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈtate/ [meˈt̪a.t̪e]

Noun

metate m (plural metates)

1. metate

Descendants

• → English: metate

See also

• molcajete

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001