ayate
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl āyātl (“cloth or cloak made from maguey fiber”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝate/ [aˈʝa.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃate/ [aˈʃa.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒate/ [aˈʒa.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: a‧ya‧te
Noun
ayate m (plural ayates)
- (Mexico) a cloth made from the fiber of the maguey plant, similar to henequen or sisal
- (historical) a cloak-like garment made from this cloth
See also
- tilma
References
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 30
Further reading
- “ayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014