charqui

English

Etymology

From the same Quechua root as jerky, via Spanish.

Noun

charqui (countable and uncountable, plural charquis)

1. (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

• “charqui”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua ch'arki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾki/ [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.ki]
• (Peruvian)

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• Rhymes: -aɾki
• Syllabification: char‧qui

Noun

charqui m (uncountable)

1. jerky (air-dried meat)

Related terms

• charquear
• charquicán

 

Descendants

• → English: jerky
• → Portuguese: charque

Further reading

• “charqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014