"tamale" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /təˈmɑ.li/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tamale.wav Forms: tamales [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from the plural tamales, from Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”). Etymology templates: {{back-form|en}} Back-formation, {{der|en|es|tamales}} Spanish tamales, {{der|en|nah|tamalli||wrapped}} Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tamale (plural tamales)
  1. A Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks. Wikipedia link: tamale Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Maize (food) Synonyms: humita, tamal Derived forms: big tamale, hot tamale, tamale pie Related terms: tamalera, tamalero, tamalito Translations (Mexican dish): gueta guu (Isthmus Zapotec), ałchʼįʼ beʼestłʼóní (Navajo), Naakaii bintsidígoʼí (Navajo), nijiloʼí (Navajo), tamal [masculine] (Spanish), tamales (Tagalog), tomòliʼína (Taos)

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /taˈmale/, [t̪aˈma.le] Forms: tamales [plural]
Rhymes: -ale Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} tamale m (plural tamales)
  1. (dialect) tamale Tags: dialectal, masculine Categories (topical): Foods Derived forms: tamaleada, tamalera, tamalito Related terms: tamal
    Sense id: en-tamale-es-noun-9OeveI9R Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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