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tenate

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tenate, tanate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tānahtli.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Guerrero Amuzgo: tso̱o̱ — Translations
  • San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: tsö — Translations
  • Tataltepec Chatino: tucua̱ — Translations
  • Western Highland Chatino: tukwan2 — Translations
  • Tepeuxila Cuicatec: ti2yu1 — Translations
  • Tepeuxila Cuicatec: yꞌu4cu3 — Translations
  • Coatlán Mixe: tujy — Translations
  • Totontepec Mixe: to̱ꞌo̱ — Translations
  • Classical Nahuatl: tānahtli — Translations
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: ta̱naj — Translations
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: ta̱naj — Translations
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: tanahtli — Translations
  • Tetelcingo-Nahuatl: tönajtli̱ — Translations
  • San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca: xītū — Translations
  • San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: xīchꞌā — Translations
  • Highland Popoluca: ta̱najti — Translations
  • Oluta Popoluca: ta̱najti — Translations
  • Sayula Popoluca: ta̱najti — Translations
  • Spanish: tenate — Translations
  • Spanish: tanate — Translations
  • Spanish: tompeate — Translations
  • Spanish: tompiate — Translations
  • Highland Totonac: tānajtzi — Translations
  • Papantla Totonac: pa̱tzaya — Translations
  • Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac: tenate — Translations
  • Chicahuaxtla Triqui: yo2 — Translations
  • Guelavía Zapotec: rub — Translations
  • Isthmus Zapotec: ruba — Translations
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: bchob — Translations
  • Zoogocho Zapotec: bchob — Translations