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

  • 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. (Chicano, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) black person
See also

Verb

mayate

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

Further reading
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