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tamalli
Nahuatl · pre-1500s
"wrapped cornmeal dough"
a filled and wrapped cornmeal dough
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tamal
Spanish · 1500s
"tamale"
adopted from Nahuatl via Spanish colonial contact
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tamale
English · 1800s
"a wrapped, steamed cornmeal dish"
reanalyzed the Spanish plural "tamales" as a singular "tamale"
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