metate en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɛˈtɑːteɪ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *mətla-tl.
Meanings
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A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.
Each evening, when he returned home, he found that María he prepared some new treat, for she was a most ingenious woman, capable of transforming the poorest materials into something delicious, and he grew to love the tortillas she made so patiently, kneeling before the stone metate as she beat the boiled corn into the gray-white mixture she later baked on the flat rocks.
1985, James A. Michener, chapter V, in Texas, page 326:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
tub mana·l (flat stone for grinding grains) · azz metat (flat stone for grinding grains) · twf óna (flat stone for grinding grains) · nv tsédaashjééʼ (flat stone for grinding grains) · es metate (flat stone for grinding grains) · nhi mitlatl (flat stone for grinding grains) · nhg metlatl (flat stone for grinding grains) · ml അമ്മിക്കല്ല് (flat stone for grinding grains) · hop mata (flat stone for grinding grains) · tew ó (flat stone for grinding grains) · nhm metlatl (flat stone for grinding grains) · stp mattur (flat stone for grinding grains)