kare-kare

From Tagalog kare-kare.

kare-kare (uncountable)

1. A Philippine stew of peanuts with meat (often oxtail), seafood, and/or vegetables.

• kari-kari
• kari kari
• kare kare

From reduplication of kari (“curry”). Literally, “curry-like”.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˌɾe kaˈɾe/ [kɐˌɾɛ xɐˈɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ka‧re-ka‧re

karé-karé (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜃᜇᜒ)

1. a stew of peanuts with meat (often oxtail), seafood, and/or vegetables

• “kare-kare”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “kare-kare”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 79