"tamale" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /təˈmɑ.li/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tamale.wav [Southern-England] 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, {{m|en|tamales}} tamales, {{der|en|es|tamales}} Spanish tamales, {{m|es|tamal}} tamal, {{der|en|nah|tamalli||wrapped}} Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tamale (plural tamales)
  1. 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)

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