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

  • 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

Etymology 2

Verb

mayate

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

Further reading

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