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English
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Etymology
From Pg. inhame and Sp. ñame, possibly from the Fula. nyami, (�to eat�). The term was coined in w:1657|1657.

Pronunciation
:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æm|-æm

Noun
en-noun

1. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea, usually cultivated in the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
2. italbrac|Southern U.S. A sweet potato.
3. Scottish potato|Potato.

Translations
trans-top|edible root of Dioscorea vine
Catalan: nyam m
Chinese:

Danish: yams, jams g|Danish
Dutch: t-|nl|yam|m, t+|nl|jam|m
Esperanto: ignamo
Fijian: uvi
Finnish: t-|fi|jamssi
French: igname f
German: Yamswurzel f, Yams f
Hausa: aduru
trans-mid
Hawaiian: uhi
Indonesian: t+|id|ubi|xs=Indonesian
Japanese: 山�(����, yamaimo), ��� (�����, jinenjo) ����� (yamanoimo)
Korean: � (ma)
Latvian: dioskor�ja f
Maori: uhi, oka, uwhi
Polish: pochrzyn m
Portuguese: inhame m
Spanish: t+|es|ñame|m
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trans-top|sweet potato
See: sweet potato
trans-bottom

trans-top|potato
See: potato
trans-bottom

See also
sweet potato

Category:Vegetables

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/j�m/

Noun
nl-noun2|m|s|metje

1. #English|Yam.

Synonyms
jam

zh-min-nan:yam
es:yam
fr:yam
io:yam
id:yam
hu:yam
ru:yam
ta:yam
te:yam
vi:yam
tr:yam
vo:yam
zh:yam

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