Masculine

metate

Meaning

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

Concepts

Hyphenated as
me‧ta‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/meˈtate/
Etymology

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

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