Etymology

tenate

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Today it means: A kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico. Full definition →

Spanish tenate ← Nahuan
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  1. Nahuan · derived from
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromtenate
  3. English todaytenate

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

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