nejayote

English

Etymology

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

Noun

nejayote (uncountable)

1. Left over water after nixtamalization.
   • 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:

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

Translations

Translations

• Amuzgo:

  San Pedro Amuzgos: ndaatsjaaꞌ

• Cuicatec:

  Tepeuxila: nu⁴ni⁴ ca⁴ca² ve⁴ye⁴

• Mixtec:

  Magdalena Peñasco: ndute yaa

  Tezoatlán: ta̱ya̱á

• Nahuatl:

  Guerrero: nexkwitlatl

  Tetelcingo: nexötl

  Tlamacazapa: nexayotl

• Otomi:

  Mezquital: gini

• Papantla Totonac: pu̱kꞌahua̱n
• Pipil: nexāyut
• Spanish: nejayote m

Spanish

Alternative forms

• nijayote

Etymology

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

Noun

nejayote m (plural nejayotes)

1. nejayote

Further reading

• “nejayote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28