mayate
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Chayuco Mixtec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mayate, from a Nahuan language.
Noun
mayate
Derived terms
References
- Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 19
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: ma‧ya‧te
Etymology 1
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mayātl.
Noun
mayate m (plural mayates)
- figeater beetle, June bug (Cotinis mutabilis)
- (Mexico, slang) active (top) homosexual or bisexual
- (Chicano, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) black person
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
mayate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of mayar combined with te
Further reading
- “mayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014