mayate

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mayate, from a Nahuan language.

Noun

mayate

1. rhinoceros beetle

Derived terms

• mayate lee

 

References

• Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 19

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝate/ [maˈʝa.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝate/ [maˈʝa.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃate/ [maˈʃa.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒate/ [maˈʒa.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: ma‧ya‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mayātl.

Noun

mayate m (plural mayates)

1. figeater beetle, June bug (Cotinis mutabilis)
2. (Mexico, slang) active (top) homosexual or bisexual
3. (US, derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) black person

See also

• pinacate

Etymology 2

Verb

mayate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mayar combined with te

Further reading

• “mayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28