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cajete

/kaˈxete/

noun, masculine/kaˈxete/plural: cajetes

a bowl, basin or similar container; an unglazed clay pot used in cooking; a hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.; a tub; washtub

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).

noun, masculine/kaˈxete/plural: cajetes

molcajete

Shortening of molcajete, or directly from Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.