charqui

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charqui

/ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.ki/ US
/ˈt͡ʃɑː.kiː/ UK

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From the same Quechua root as jerky, via Spanish.

noun charquis

Central America, South America, US, Western, countable, uncountable jerky 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.

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@misc{charqui_2026,
  title = {charqui},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/charqui},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}