camote

English

Alternative forms

• kamote

Etymology

From Spanish camote, from Classical Nahuatl camohtli. Compare Tagalog kamote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmoʊti/

Noun

camote (plural camotes)

1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Derived terms

• camote cue
• camote fries
• camote rider
• camote tops

Anagrams

• came to, comate, come at

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish camote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmote/, [kaˈmo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Hyphenation: ca‧mo‧te

Noun

camote

1. sweet potato

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmote/ [kaˈmo.t̪e]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ca‧mo‧te

Noun

camote m (plural camotes)

1. (Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Philippines, parts of Argentina) sweet potato

   Synonyms: batata, boniato, chaco, papa dulce

2. (colloquial, El Salvador) bulge, swelling on the body

Derived terms

• camotal
• camote poblano
• camotear
• camotero

Descendants

• Chavacano: camote
• → English: camote
• → Tagalog: kamote, kamuti — obsolete
  • → Hokkien: ka-mú-tī

Further reading

• “camote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “camote”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎^[1], 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 114