tejolote

English

Etymology

From Spanish tejolote.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌteɪhəˈloʊteɪ/

Noun

tejolote (plural tejolotes)

1. A stone pestle used in Mexican cuisine, often cylindrical in shape and used with a molcajete.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl texōlōtl (“grinding stone, pestle”), from teci (“to grind maize”) + ōlōtl (“corncob”), in reference to the cylindrical shape of the pestle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /texoˈlote/ [t̪e.xoˈlo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: te‧jo‧lo‧te

Noun

tejolote m (plural tejolotes)

1. a stone pestle used in Mexican cuisine, often cylindrical in shape and used with a molcajete

   Synonyms: mano, pilón

Related terms

• olote

 

See also

• metate
• molcajete

Further reading

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