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metlatl
Nahuatl · pre-1500s
"a stone grinding slab"
named the flat grinding stone used with a hand stone to grind maize
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metate
Spanish · 1600s
"a stone for grinding maize and other grains"
adopted into Mexican Spanish for the same grinding tool
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metate
English · 1840s
"a flat stone used with a mano to grind grain"
borrowed into English by travelers and archaeologists in the American Southwest
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