tenate
tenate noun: a kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico.
Noun
tenate (plural tenates)
- A kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico.
- She pretended not to hear him and busied herself opening her tenate—the basket without handles, made of matting—where she carried her clothes.1942, Maria Cristina Chambers, The Water-Carrier’s Secrets, Oxford University Press, page 150
- “You know how I could be the most beautiful woman in the world?”
“How?”
“With a tenate basket over my head.”1994, Sergio Galindo, translated by Carolyn Brushwood and John Brushwood, Otilia’s Body: A Novel, The University of Texas Press, translation of Otilia Rauda
Forms of tenate
| plural | tenates |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tanate |
Origin of tenate
Borrowed from Spanish tenate, tanate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tānahtli.
Questions about tenate
- What does tenate mean?
- Tenate means a kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico.
- What part of speech is tenate?
- Tenate is a noun.
- What is the plural of tenate?
- The plural of tenate is tenates.
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