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], IPA^(key): /taksˈkal/, [t̪aksˈkal]
Rhymes: -al

Noun

taxcal m (plural taxcales)

(Mexico) A basket used to carry or store tortillas.

See also

chiquihuite

References

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

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