Charquid

/tʃɑːrˈkiːd/ verb

Definition

Past tense of charqui (when used as a verb); having been prepared as charqui or dried salt meat.

Etymology

From charqui + English past tense -ed. This is a variant past tense form of the verb created from the noun, appearing in colonial and historical texts about South American food production.

Kelly Says

Like 'charqued,' this past tense form shows how colonial texts experimented with verbing Spanish nouns—'the meat was charquid' appears in 18th-century trade documents, representing a moment when English speakers were figuring out how to write about South American food practices!

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