Tenamaste stones were used as pot rests or firedogs in a cooking fire.
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Tenamaste
Synonyms for "tenamaste"
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Translations
26 translations across 23 languages.
Central Mazahua
1 entries- jñumü noun (stone)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- tenamaztli noun (stone)
Guerrero Amuzgo
1 entries- tsjo̱ꞌteiꞌchom noun (stone)
Guerrero-Nahuatl
1 entries- tenamastetl noun (stone)
Highland Popoluca
1 entries- o̱ctsa noun (stone)
Highland Puebla Nahuatl
1 entries- tenama̱s noun (stone)
Highland Totonac
1 entries- māxkayaꞌt noun (stone)
K'iche'
1 entries- ixkʼub noun (stone)
Kaqchikel
1 entries- xkʼubʼ noun (stone)
Mecayapan Nahuatl
1 entries- tenamas noun (stone)
Mezquital-Otomi
1 entries- hñui noun (stone)
Northern Tepehuan
1 entries- tɨsóónakaroi noun (stone)
Papantla Totonac
1 entries- ma̱xkáyat noun (stone)
Pipil
1 entries- tenamas noun (stone)
San Juan Atzingo Popoloca
1 entries- xrōqꞌui noun (stone)
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec
1 entries- yīhí noun (stone)
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
1 entries- tsjöꞌ toꞌchon noun (stone)
Spanish
3 entries- tenamaste noun (stone)
- tenamastle noun (stone)
- tenamaxtle noun (stone)
Tepeuxila Cuicatec
1 entries- tu²⁴ ndꞌi⁴ noun (stone)
Tetelcingo-Nahuatl
1 entries- temanastli̱^ noun (stone)
Tlamacazapa Nahuatl
1 entries- tenamastetl noun (stone)
Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac
1 entries- māxakan noun (stone)
Yatzachi Zapotec
2 entries- xišnaꞌ žil noun (stone)
- yej de noun (stone)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Also, at the foot of the tenamastes people bury coins, chiles, grains of corn, and a handful of beans to assure that the domestic food supply will never run out. [...] Contemporary Totonac usually construct a wooden box with legs that is filled with dirt on which the tenamastes are placed. The most sacred place in the main room is the home altar [...]
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