tesgüino
See also: tesguino
English
Alternative forms
- tesguino, tesquino
Etymology
From Spanish tesgüino, from Nahuatl tescuini, tescuin.
Noun
tesgüino (countable and uncountable, plural tesgüinos)
- A corn beer made by the Tarahumara Indians of Sierra Madre in Mexico.
- 1959, Campbell W. Pennington, The Material Culture of the Tarahumar and Their Environment, Volume 2
- Apples and crabapples (Malus sylves tris and M. baccata) are also used in preparing tesgüino; the process is essentially the same as the one used in preparing the other fruit tesgüinos.
- 1959, Campbell W. Pennington, The Material Culture of the Tarahumar and Their Environment, Volume 2
Hypernyms
- beer
- maize beer
Hyponyms
- tejuino
Related terms
- tejuino
Translations
Translations
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Spanish
Etymology
From Nahuatl tescuini, tescuin.
Noun
tesgüino m (plural tesgüinos)
- tesgüino
Alternative forms
- tejuino, tesguino
Descendants
- English: tesgüino
- English: tesguino
- English: tesquino
Further reading
- “tesgüino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014