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nejayote

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ne-jay-ote
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Left over water after nixtamalization.

Uncountable

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nejayote, from a Nahuan language; cf. Guerrero Nahuatl nexayotl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl nexayotl, Pipil nexāyut.

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Questions

What does nejayote mean?
Left over water after nixtamalization.
Where does nejayote come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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