metate

metate

See also: metáte

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 Malayalam: അമ്മിക്കല്ല് (ml) (ammikkallŭ) Morelos Nahuatl: metlatl Navajo: tsédaashjééʼ Southeastern Tepehuan: mattur 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

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]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧te

Noun

metate m (plural metates)

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

Descendants

• → English: metate

See also

• molcajete

Further reading

• “metate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014