TAMALE


Meaning of TAMALE in English

[ tə'mα:leɪ , -'mα:li ]

■ noun a Mexican dish of seasoned meat and maize flour steamed or baked in maize husks.

Origin

from Mex. Sp. tamal , plural ~s , from Nahuatl tamalli .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.