cajete
See also: Caiete and Caiète
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈxete/ [kaˈxe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: ca‧je‧te
Etymology 1
From Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).
Noun
cajete m (plural cajetes)
- (Mexico) a bowl, basin or similar container
- (El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) an unglazed clay pot used in cooking
- (Mexico) a hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.
Related terms
- molcajete
Etymology 2
Shortening of molcajete, or directly from Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.
Noun
cajete m (plural cajetes)
- (Sonora, Mexico) molcajete
References
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 34
Further reading
- “cajete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014