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tenamaste

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire in Mesoamerican cultures.

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History

Etymology

From Spanish tenamaste.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Guerrero Amuzgo: tsjo̱ꞌteiꞌchom — stone
  • San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: tsjöꞌ toꞌchon — stone
  • Tepeuxila Cuicatec: tu24 ndꞌi4 — stone
  • Kaqchikel: xkʼubʼ — stone
  • K'iche': ixkʼub — stone
  • Central Mazahua: jñumü — stone
  • San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: yīhí — stone
  • Classical Nahuatl: tenamaztli — stone
  • Guerrero-Nahuatl: tenamastetl — stone
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: tenama̱s — stone
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: tenamas — stone
  • Tetelcingo-Nahuatl: temanastli̱^ — stone
  • Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: tenamastetl — stone
  • Mezquital-Otomi: hñui — stone
  • Pipil: tenamas — stone
  • San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: xrōqꞌui — stone
  • Highland Popoluca: o̱ctsa — stone
  • Spanish: tenamaste — stone
  • Spanish: tenamastle — stone
  • Spanish: tenamaxtle — stone
  • Northern Tepehuan: tɨsóónakaroi — stone
  • Highland Totonac: māxkayaꞌt — stone
  • Papantla Totonac: ma̱xkáyat — stone
  • Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac: māxakan — stone
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: yej de — stone
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: xišnaꞌ žil — stone