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chunkay

chunkay verb: to add hot oil and spices (especially garlic) to food.

Verb

chunkay (third-person singular simple present chunkays, present participle chunkaying, simple past and past participle chunkayed)

  1. (Guyana) To add hot oil and spices (especially garlic) to food
    • Meanwhile, thinly slice garlic and assemble some whole jeera and black/brown mustard seeds (these are optional if you do not have) for the tadka (to chunkay the dhal).2020 October 31, Cynthia Nelson, “Extraordinary Dhal”, in Stabroek News

Forms of chunkay

third-person singular presentchunkays
present participlechunkaying
past participlechunkayed
pastchunkayed

Questions about chunkay

What does chunkay mean?
Chunkay means to add hot oil and spices (especially garlic) to food.
What part of speech is chunkay?
Chunkay is a verb.
What is the past tense of chunkay?
The past tense of chunkay is chunkayed.

Words near chunkay in the dictionary

  1. chunk
  2. chunk of change
  3. chunk-blower
  4. chunka
  5. chunkable
  6. chunkay
  7. chunked
  8. chunkee
  9. chunker
  10. chunkers
  11. chunkey

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