tenamaste
tenamaste noun: any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire in Mesoamerican cultures.
Noun
tenamaste (plural tenamastes)
- Any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire in Mesoamerican cultures.
- Tenamaste stones were used as pot rests or firedogs in a cooking fire.1987, Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation, page 174
- Also, at the foot of the tenamastes people bury coins, chiles, grains of corn, and a handful of beans to assure that the domestic food supply will never run out. [...] Contemporary Totonac usually construct a wooden box with legs that is filled with dirt on which the tenamastes are placed. The most...2005, Pablo Valderrama Rouy, “The Totonac”, in Native Peoples of the Gulf Coast of Mexico, page 199
Forms of tenamaste
| plural | tenamastes |
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Origin of tenamaste
From Spanish tenamaste.
Questions about tenamaste
- What does tenamaste mean?
- Tenamaste means any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire in Mesoamerican cultures.
- What part of speech is tenamaste?
- Tenamaste is a noun.
- What is the plural of tenamaste?
- The plural of tenamaste is tenamastes.
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