taxcal

See also: táxcal

Spanish

Etymology

Shortened from Classical Nahuatl tlaxcalchiquihuitl (“basket for carrying tortillas”), from tlaxcalli (“tortilla”) + chiquihuitl (“basket”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tasˈkal/ [t̪asˈkal], /taɡsˈkal/ [t̪aɣ̞sˈkal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: tax‧cal

Noun

taxcal m (plural taxcales)

(Mexico) a basket used to carry or store tortillas

See also

chiquihuite

Further reading

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

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