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English
Etymology
From Spanish tenamaste.
Noun
tenamaste (plural tenamastes)
- Any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire in Mesoamerican cultures.
1987, Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation, page 174:Tenamaste stones were used as pot rests or firedogs in a cooking fire.
2005, Pablo Valderrama Rouy, “The Totonac”, in Native Peoples of the Gulf Coast of Mexico, page 199:Also, at the foot of the tenamastes people bury coins, chiles, grains of corn, and a handful of beans to assure that the domestic food supply will never run out. [...] Contemporary Totonac usually construct a wooden box with legs that is filled with dirt on which the tenamastes are placed. The most sacred place in the main room is the home altar [...]
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Translations
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tenamaztli (“hearthstone, triplet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tenaˈmaste/
- Rhymes: -aste
- Syllabification: te‧na‧mas‧te
Noun
tenamaste m (plural tenamastes)
- (Central America, Mexico) a hearthstone, any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire
- (in the plural, Mexico) triplets
- Synonym: trillizos
References
2009, Carlos Montemayor et al., Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 123:
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