yam
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657. Doublet of name.
NounEdit
yam (plural yams)
- Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
- The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
- (US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
- (Scotland) Potato.
- (New Zealand) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
- (Malaysia, Singapore) Taro.
- An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- yam:
Usage notesEdit
Careful use distinguishes yams (genus Dioscorea) from sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas), while casual American use conflates these.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
Alternative form of hjem. Likely caused by Old Norse influence from Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), the accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. More at home.
NounEdit
yam (plural yams)
- (regional, Cumberland) home
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
yam
- Pronunciation spelling of am.
- 1904, Carrie Hunt Latta, “The Last Day of Schol”, in The Reader Magazine[1], volume IV, Indianopolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 291:
- “Stay, jailer, stay, and hear my woe,” repeating again and again, very softly, the line at the end of each stanza, “I am not mad, I am not mad.”
Except she sang it:
“I yam not mad, I yam not mad.”
AnagramsEdit
AleutEdit
NounEdit
yam
- (Eastern) yesterday
ReferencesEdit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
AzerbaijaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
See yamçı.
NounEdit
yam (definite accusative yamı, plural yamlar)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “yam” in Obastan.com.
BejaEdit
NounEdit
yám
ReferencesEdit
- Klaus and Charlotte Wedekind, Abuzeinab Musa, Beja Pedagogical Grammar (2005)
- Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
- Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122
BuwalEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
NounEdit
yam
ReferencesEdit
- Mélanie Viljoen, Michael Viljoen, Pascal Konai, François Mbouvai, Ernest Koyang, Benjamin Deli, Précis d’orthographe pour la langue buwal - Édition préliminaire (2009, Yaoundé, SIL Cameroun)
CuvokEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
NounEdit
yam
ReferencesEdit
- ASJP
- Olga Stolbova, Chadic Lexical Database, issue II (2007): yam "water"
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yam m (plural yams or yammen, diminutive yammetje n)
- yam, a tropical vine
- its edible root
SynonymsEdit
LashiEdit
PronunciationEdit
PostpositionEdit
yam
ReferencesEdit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
MereyEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
NounEdit
yam
ReferencesEdit
- Richard Gravina (compiler); Alan Boydell, Elie Doumok (facilitators), Merey lexicon (2003, SIL)
Middle EnglishEdit
PronounEdit
yam
- (Northern, northern East Midlands) Alternative form of þem (“them”)
Mofu-GudurEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
NounEdit
yam
ReferencesEdit
- Topics in Mofu-Gudur (SIL)
North GizigaEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
NounEdit
yam
ReferencesEdit
- Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
PnarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Khasian *jaːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *jaam. Cognate with Khasi ïam, Blang jàm, Khmu [Cuang] jaːm, Mang ɲaːm¹, Mon ယာံ, Khmer យំ (yum).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
yam
South GizigaEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
NounEdit
yam
ReferencesEdit
- Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
yam
Yimchungru NagaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-j(i/u)m.
NounEdit
yam
Zulgo-GemzekEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
NounEdit
yam
ReferencesEdit
- An Outline Sketch of Gemzek Grammar
- An Overview of Gemzek Narrative Discourse Features