yam

Oznaczający (Angielski)

Noun

1. Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
2. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
3. (US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
4. (Scotland) A potato.
5. (New-Zealand) An oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
6. (Malaysia, Singapore) Taro.
7. An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.

Verb

Pronunciation spelling of am.

Verb

To eat.

Verb

To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.

Koncepcje

słodki ziemniak

ignam

pochrzyn

pyra

ziemniak japoński

bulwa pochrzynu

batat

jama

kartofel

Synonimy

sweet potato

🍠

potato

🥔

tuber

cheeky yam

yam plant

yams

Chinese yam

taro

thorny

wild potato

cinnamon vine

cush-cush

sweet potato vine

tuberous plant

cultivated yam

-

long yam

aloo

am

panipuri

long

nightshade

root crop

root vegetable

spud

sweet

Tłumaczenia

igname

ñame

inhame

cara

yam

igname

yamswortel

Yamswurzel

nyam

batata-doce

🍠

camote

🍠

Jamswurzel

patate douce

🍠

Yams

Süßkartoffel

🍠

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/jæm/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Borrowed from Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657.