tamales
English
Etymology
From Spanish tamales. As the plural of tamale, partly also regularly formed from tamale + -s.
Noun
tamales
Anagrams
Spanish
Adjective
tamales m pl or f pl
- plural of tamal
Noun
tamales m pl
Descendants
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tamales, plural of tamal (“tamale”), from Classical Nahuatl tamalli.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈmales/ [t̪ɐˈmaː.lɛs]
- Rhymes: -ales
- Syllabification: ta‧ma‧les
Noun
tamales (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋᜎᜒᜐ᜔)
- tamale (Mexican dish)
See also
Further reading
- “tamales”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 566: “Tamales) Tamalis (pp) C. de carne peſcado o de otra coſa”