tamale

Meaning

A Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.

Synonyms

imbroglio

tortilla

Translations

tamal

Tamal

Maismehltasche

tamale

tamal

humita

Tamal

tortilla

bollo de maíz tierno

humita

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تامال

huma

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tamal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/təˈmɑ.li/

Etymology

Back-formation from the plural tamales, derived from Latin American Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, derived from Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”), derived from Proto-Uto-Aztecan [Term?]. Compare O'odham čïmait (“tortilla”), Hopi tïma (“stone griddle for cooking corn flatbread”), Ute tïʔma- (“to roast under ashes”).