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Central Tarahumara
Noun
carí
- Alternative spelling of kalí
Macanese
Etymology
Ultimately from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), with the L-less form most likely via Malay or Indonesian kari.
Noun
carí
- curry
- carí di móro ― Indian curry
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog kari (“curry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ca‧rí
Noun
carí m
- (Philippines) curry
Derived terms
Further reading
- Jaime C. De Veyra (1930) Filipinismos en la Lengua Española (in Spanish), Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, page 66
- Ferdinand Blumentritt, T. H. Pardo de Tavera (1885) Vocabular einzelner Ausdrücke und Redensarten, welche dem Spanischen der Philippinischen Inseln eigenthümlich sind (overall work in Spanish and German), Leitmeritz: Verlag der Communal-Ober-Realschule, page 7