[Sca-cooks] Help with Italian word - can't find translation.

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In Latin, 'tenere' can also mean 'tender' and 'tenerasco' 'become 'tender'. 
 So this could refer to something tender or pounded.

http://www.lexilogos.com/latin/gaffiot.php?q=teng
 
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In a message dated 11/13/2014 11:15:28 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
rebeccaanne3 at gmail.com writes:

"Tolli  lo tengato
de qualunca tu voy, et tolli agmandole et çençauro et çennamo,  la melgliore
che tu poy avere, et garofani alquanti et nuci moscate et uno  poco de
saffarano, et queste cose fa bene mestecare et pistale..." which  I
translate as "take the tengato of whatever you want, and take almonds  and
ginger and cinnamon, the best that you can have, and spice some with  cloves
and nutmeg and a little saffron, and mix these things well, and  grind
them..." It's to make a sauce. I've consulted all my Italian  dictionaries,
tried spelling variations, and tried searching google books  for the word in
context, and what I've found is that "tengato" is  occasionally a past
participle of the verb "tenere", which means "to hold",  which is only  so
helpful.