cajete
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).
Noun edit
cajete m (plural cajetes)
- (Mexico) a bowl, basin or similar container
- (El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) an unglazed clay pot used in cooking
- (Mexico) a hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.
- (New Mexico) a tub; washtub
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Shortening of molcajete, or directly from Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.
Noun edit
cajete m (plural cajetes)
References edit
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 34
Further reading edit
- “cajete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014