taxcal

See also: táxcal

Spanish

Etymology

Shortened from Classical Nahuatl tlaxcalchiquihuitl (“basket for carrying tortillas”), from tlaxcalli (“tortilla”) + chiquihuitl (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tasˈkal/ [t̪asˈkal], /taɡsˈkal/ [t̪aɣ̞sˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tax‧cal

Noun

taxcal m (plural taxcales)

1. (Mexico) a basket used to carry or store tortillas

See also

• chiquihuite

Further reading

• “taxcal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16