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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tenate, tanate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tānahtli.
Noun
tenate (plural tenates)
- A kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico.
1942, Maria Cristina Chambers, The Water-Carrier’s Secrets, Oxford University Press, page 150:She pretended not to hear him and busied herself opening her tenate—the basket without handles, made of matting—where she carried her clothes.
1994, Sergio Galindo, translated by Carolyn Brushwood and John Brushwood, Otilia’s Body: A Novel, The University of Texas Press, translation of Otilia Rauda:“You know how I could be the most beautiful woman in the world?”
“How?”
“With a tenate basket over my head.”
2016, Mario E. López-Gopar, Decolonizing Primary English Language Teaching, Multilingual Matters:He comes back to pick up the tenate full of tortillas and embarks on his daily journey.
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Adverb
tenate
- present adverbial passive participle of teni
Ido
Verb
tenate
- adverbial present passive participle of tenar