charqui
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the same Quechua root as jerky, via Spanish.
Noun[edit]
charqui (countable and uncountable, plural charquis)
- (South America, Central America, Western US) jerky
- 1839, Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches, John Murray, published 1913, page 273:
- When it was dark, we made a fire beneath a little arbour of bamboos, fried our charqui (or dried slips of beef), took our maté, and were quite comfortable.
References[edit]
- “charqui”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Quechua ch'arki.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
charqui m (uncountable)
- jerky (air-dried meat)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “charqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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