ayate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āyātl (“cloth or cloak made from maguey fiber”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝate/ [aˈʝa.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝate/ [aˈʝa.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃate/ [aˈʃa.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒate/ [aˈʒa.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: a‧ya‧te

Noun

ayate m (plural ayates)

1. (Mexico) a cloth made from the fiber of the maguey plant, similar to henequen or sisal
2. (historical) a cloak-like garment made from this cloth

See also

• tilma

References

• Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 30

Further reading

• “ayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16