nejayote

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noun

Left over water after nixtamalization.

OriginSpanish nejayote ← Nahuan →
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Meanings

nounnejayote (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLeft over water after nixtamalization.

    In general, nixtamalization of 50 kg of maize grain requires about 75 L of water and generates almost the same amount of nejayote.

    2019, Rita Paz-Samaniego et al., “Nixtamalized Maize Flour By-product as a Source of Health-Promoting Ferulated Arabinoxylans (AX)”, in Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, editors, Flour and Breads and Their Fortification in Health and Disease Prevention, 2nd edition, Academic Press, page 226

Origin

  1. Nahuan
  2. Spanishnejayote
  3. Englishnejayote

Borrowed from Spanish nejayote, from a Nahuan language; cf. Guerrero Nahuatl nexayotl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl nexayotl, Pipil nexāyut.

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Translations

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Chicago

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