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ch'arki
Quechua · pre-1500s
"dried meat"
meaning "dried, salted meat"
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charqui
Spanish · 1500s-1600s
"dried, salted meat"
adopted from Quechua via Spanish colonial contact in the Andes
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jerky
English · 1800s
"dried, seasoned strips of meat"
adapted from Spanish through contact in the Americas
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