ayate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āyātl (“cloth or cloak made from maguey fiber”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝate/ [aˈʝa.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃate/ [aˈʃa.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒate/ [aˈʒa.t̪e]

Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: a‧ya‧te

Noun

ayate m (plural ayates)

(Mexico) a cloth made from the fiber of the maguey plant, similar to henequen or sisal
(historical) a cloak-like garment made from this cloth

See also

tilma

References

Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 30

Further reading

“ayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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