tamale
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Back-formation from plural tamales, from Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”).
[edit] Noun
tamale (plural tamales)
- Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
[edit] Usage notes
The Standard Spanish singular is tamal, and thus some proscribe tamale as an incorrect back-formation, preferring to use tamal as the English singular; note however that tamale exists in Spanish dialect. The similarity of tamale to the ancestral Nahuatl tamalli is not generally cited in support of the English usage of tamale.
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Mexican dish
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
tamale m. (plural tamales)
- (dialect) tamale
