nejayote

nejayote

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nejayote, from a Nahuan language; cf. Guerrero Nahuatl nexayotl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl nexayotl, Pipil nexāyut.

Noun

nejayote (uncountable)

1. Left over water after nixtamalization.
   • 2019, Rita Paz-Samaniego et al., “Nixtamalized Maize Flour By-product as a Source of Health-Promoting Ferulated Arabinoxylans (AX)”, in Victor R. Preedy and Ronald Ross Watson, editors, Flour and Breads and Their Fortification in Health and Disease Prevention, second edition, Academic Press, page 226:

     In general, nixtamalization of 50 kg of maize grain requires about 75 L of water and generates almost the same amount of nejayote.

Translations

Translations

Amuzgo: San Pedro Amuzgos: ndaatsjaaꞌ Cuicatec: Tepeuxila: nu⁴ni⁴ ca⁴ca² ve⁴ye⁴ Mixtec: Magdalena Peñasco: ndute yaa Tezoatlán: ta̱ya̱á Nahuatl: Guerrero: nexkwitlatl Tetelcingo: nexötl Tlamacazapa: nexayotl Otomi: Mezquital: gini Papantle Totonec pu̱kꞌahua̱n Pipil: nexāyut Spanish: nejayote m

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• nijayote

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Guerrero Nahuatl nexayotl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl nexayotl, Pipil nexāyut.

Noun

nejayote m (plural nejayotes)

1. nejayote

Further reading

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