camote

English

Etymology

From Spanish camote, from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmoʊti/

Noun

camote (plural camotes)

1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Anagrams

• came to, comate, come at

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl camohtli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmote/, [kaˈmo.t̪e]

• Audio (Spain)

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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

Derived terms

• camotal
• camotear
• camote poblano
• camotero

 

Descendants

• → English: camote
• → Tagalog: kamote

Further reading

• “camote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014