tejolote
English
Etymology
Spanish tejolote
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌteɪhəˈloʊteɪ/
Noun
tejolote (plural tejolotes)
- A stone pestle used in Mexican cuisine, often cylindrical in shape and used with a molcajete.
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl texōlōtl (“grinding stone, pestle”), from teci (“to grind maize”) + ōlōtl (“corncob”), in reference to the cylindrical shape of the pestle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /texoˈlote/ [t̪e.xoˈlo.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: te‧jo‧lo‧te
Noun
tejolote m (plural tejolotes)
- a stone pestle used in Mexican cuisine, often cylindrical in shape and used with a molcajete
- Synonyms: mano, pilón
Related terms
- olote
See also
- metate
- molcajete
Further reading
- “tejolote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014