metate

Signification (Anglais)

A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.

Concepts

meule

Synonymes

millstone

grindstone

stone

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Traductions

metate

Mühlstein

μυλόπετρα

mola

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɛˈtɑːteɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *metlatl.