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Nahuatl

tamalli

food made of corn and meat

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A corn-husk tamale opened and cut across to reveal seasoned filling enclosed in corn dough, with a small steaming basket of wrapped tamales behind it.
noun

tamale

tuh-MAH-lee/təˈmɑːli/

A Mexican dish of filled corn dough steamed in a husk or leaf.

Etymology
tamaleNahuatlfood made of corn and meat

Nahuatl tamalli named a food made of corn and meat. The familiar English singular arose from treating the borrowed plural tamales as an English plural.

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