Etymology

chanate

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Spanish chanate ← Nahuan
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chanate · noun1

  1. Nahuan · derived from
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromchanate
  3. English todaychanate

Borrowed from Spanish chanate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tzanatl (“great-tailed grackle”).

chanate · noun2

  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromchanate
  2. English todaychanate

Borrowed from Portuguese chanate, from an indigenous language of Mozambique.

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