coscomate
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl cuezcomatl (“earthen vessel used to store grain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koskoˈmate/ [kos.koˈma.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: cos‧co‧ma‧te
Noun
coscomate m (plural coscomates)
- (Mexico) a closed earthenware vessel used to store corn
Hypernyms
- granero m, troje f
Further reading
- “coscomate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014