cajete

See also: Caiete and Caiète

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈxete/ [kaˈxe.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ete
Syllabification: ca‧je‧te

Etymology 1

From Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).

Noun

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.

Related terms

molcajete

Etymology 2

Shortening of molcajete, or directly from Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.

Noun

cajete m (plural cajetes)

(Sonora, Mexico) molcajete

References

Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 34

Further reading

“cajete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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