tenate

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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)

  1. 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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Esperanto

Adverb

tenate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of teni

Ido

Verb

tenate

  1. adverbial present passive participle of tenar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnate/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: te‧na‧te

Noun

tenate m (plural tenates)

  1. (Mexico) tenate
    Synonym: tompeate

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