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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish nejayote, from a Nahuan language; cf. Guerrero Nahuatl nexayotl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl nexayotl, Pipil nexāyut.
Noun
nejayote (uncountable)
- Left over water after nixtamalization.
2019, Rita Paz-Samaniego et al., “Nixtamalized Maize Flour By-product as a Source of Health-Promoting Ferulated Arabinoxylans (AX)”, in Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, editors, Flour and Breads and Their Fortification in Health and Disease Prevention, 2nd edition, Academic Press, page 226:In general, nixtamalization of 50 kg of maize grain requires about 75 L of water and generates almost the same amount of nejayote.
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Guerrero Nahuatl nexayotl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl nexayotl, Pipil nexāyut.
Noun
nejayote m (plural nejayotes)
- nejayote
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