sweet potato

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈswiːt pəˈteɪtəʊ/
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sweet potato (plural sweet potatoes)

sweet potatoes (the sweet potato on the far right is peeled)

A tropical perennial American vine, Ipomoea batatas, having a fleshy tuber.
The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable.
- 1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Vegetables”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes‎^[1], Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 239:
  The sweet potato is the article referred to as potato by Shakespeare and other English writers, previous to the middle of the seventeenth century.
An ocarina.

Synonyms edit

(tropical perennial vine): batata, Ipomoea
(tuber): yam, camote (US)
kumara (New Zealand)

Meronyms edit

(tuber): beta-carotene

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

vine

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bikol Central: kamote (bcl)
Catalan: batata (ca) f, moniatera f moniato (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 番薯 (faan¹ syu^4-2)

Mandarin: 甘薯 (zh) (gānshǔ), 白薯 (zh) (báishǔ), 紅薯／红薯 (zh) (hóngshǔ), 番薯 (zh) (fānshǔ), 山芋 (zh) (shānyù), 番芋 (zh) (fānyù), 地瓜 (zh) (dìguā), 紅苕／红苕 (zh) (hóngsháo), 線苕／线苕 (xiànsháo), 金薯 (jīnshǔ), 甜薯 (tiánshǔ), 朱薯 (zhūshǔ), 玉枕薯 (yùzhěnshǔ)
Danish: sød kartoffel c, sødkartoffel c, batat c (rare)
Dutch: zoete aardappel (nl) m
Esperanto: batato, patato (eo), dolĉa terpomo
Finnish: bataatti (fi)
French: patate douce (fr) f, patate (fr) f
Galician: pataca doce (gl) f
German: Süßkartoffel (de) f, Batate (de) f
Greek: γλυκοπατάτα (el) f (glykopatáta)
Hungarian: édesburgonya (hu)
Italian: patata dolce f, patata americana f, batata (it) f
Korean: 고구마 (ko) (goguma)
Polish: batat (pl) m, wilec ziemniaczany (pl) m
Portuguese: batata-doce (pt) f
Romanian: batat (ro) m
Spanish: (Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) batata (es) f, (Cuba, Uruguay) boniato (es) m, (Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Western Argentina, Philippines) camote (es) m
Tagalog: kamote (tl)
Turkish: tatlı patates (tr)

tuber

Arabic: بَطَاطَا حُلْوَة f (baṭāṭā ḥulwa), بَطَاطَا (ar) f (baṭāṭā), بَطَاطَة f (baṭāṭa)
Egyptian Arabic: بطاطة f pl (baṭāṭa)

Moroccan Arabic: بطاطا حلوة f (bṭāṭa ḥluwwa, baṭāṭa ḥluwwa)
Armenian: բատատ (hy) (batat), քաղցր կարտոֆիլ (kʻaġcʻr kartofil)
Assamese: মিঠা আলু (mitha alu)
Atayal: ngahi
Aymara: apichu
Basque: patata gozoa
Belarusian: бата́т m (batát), сало́дкая бу́льба f (salódkaja búlʹba)
Bengali: মিষ্টি আলু (bn) (miśṭi alu)
Bikol Central: kamote (bcl)
Bislama: kumala
Bulgarian: сла́дък карто́ф m (sládǎk kartóf), бата́т m (batát)
Burmese: ကန်စွန်းဥ (my) (kancwan:u.)
Catalan: batata (ca) f, moniato (ca) m
Central Dusun: woi
Cherokee: ᏄᎾ ᎤᏂᎦᎾᏍᏓ (nuna uniganasda)
Cheyenne: ho'enoo'o
Chinese:
Cantonese: 番薯 (faan¹ syu^4-2)

Hokkien: han-chî

Mandarin: 甘薯 (zh) (gānshǔ), 白薯 (zh) (báishǔ), 紅薯／红薯 (zh) (hóngshǔ), 番薯 (zh) (fānshǔ), 山芋 (zh) (shānyù), 番芋 (zh) (fānyù), 地瓜 (zh) (dìguā), 紅苕／红苕 (zh) (hóngsháo), 線苕／线苕 (xiànsháo), 金薯 (jīnshǔ), 甜薯 (tiánshǔ), 朱薯 (zhūshǔ), 玉枕薯 (yùzhěnshǔ)
Czech: povijnice batátová f
Danish: sød kartoffel c, sødkartoffel c, batat c (rare)
Dutch: zoete aardappel (nl), bataat (nl)
Esperanto: batato
Estonian: bataat (et)
Faroese: søtur epli
Fijian: kumala
Finnish: bataatti (fi)
French: patate douce (fr) f, patate (fr) f
Galician: pataca doce (gl) f
Georgian: ბატატი (baṭaṭi), ტკბილი კარტოფილი (ṭḳbili ḳarṭopili)
German: Süßkartoffel (de) f
Greek: γλυκοπατάτα (el) f (glykopatáta)
Guaraní: jety
Gujarati: શકરિયું (śakriyũ)
Haitian Creole: patat
Hawaiian: ʻuala
Hebrew: בָּטָטָה (he) (batáta)
Hindi: शकरकन्द (hi) m (śakarkand)
Hungarian: édesburgonya (hu)
Icelandic: sætar kartöflur
Ido: patato (io)
Ilocano: kamote
Indonesian: ubi jalar (id)
Irish: práta milis, práta Spáinneach m
Italian: patata dolce f, patata americana f, batata (it) f
Ivatan: wakay
Japanese: 薩摩芋 (ja) (さつまいも, satsumaimo), サツマイモ (ja) (satsumaimo), 甘藷 (ja) (かんしょ, kansho)
Jeju: 감저 (gamjeo)
Jingpho: naisam
Kapampangan: kamuti
Kavalan: qawpiR
Kazakh: батат (batat)
Khmer: ដំឡូងជ្វា (dɑmloung cviə)
Korean: 고구마 (ko) (goguma)
Kyrgyz: батат (batat)
Lao: ມັນເທດ (man thēt), ມັນດ້າງ (lo) (man dāng)
Latvian: batāte (lv) f
Lithuanian: batatas (lt)
Macedonian: сладок компир m (sladok kompir)
Malagasy: vomanga (mg)
Malay: ubi keledek, keledek
Malayalam: മധുരക്കിഴങ്ങ് (ml) (madhurakkiḻaṅṅŭ)
Maltese: patata ħelwa f
Manchu: ᠯᠠᡵᡥᡡᠨ (larhūn)
Maori: kūmara, kūmera
Mbyá Guaraní: jety
Mongolian: амтат тѳмс (amtat töms)
Nahuatl: camohtli (nah)
Navajo: nahooyéí, nímasii łikaní, nímasii dinilkanígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: søtpotet m
Okinawan: 唐芋 (とーっんむ, tō'nmu)
Persian: سیب‌زمینی شیرین (sib-zamini-ye širin)
Polish: batat (pl) m
Portuguese: batata-doce (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸ਼ਕਰਕੰਦੀ (pa) f (śakrakandī)
Quechua: kumar
Rapa Nui: kuma porá
Romanian: batat (ro) m
Russian: бата́т (ru) m (batát), сла́дкий карто́фель m (sládkij kartófelʹ), сла́дкая карто́шка f (sládkaja kartóška) (colloquial)
Rwanda-Rundi: ikijumba
Saisiyat: 'aewpir
Sebop: uvi' jup
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: батат m

Roman: batat m
Shan: ႁူဝ်မၼ်းလႅင် (hǒ mán lěng)
Sinhalese: බතල (batala)
Slovak: povojník batátový m
Slovene: batata f
Southeast Ijo: kukunduku (Nembe)
Spanish: batata (es) f (Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela), boniato (es) m (Cuba, Uruguay), camote (es) m (Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Western Argentina)
Swahili: kiazi kitamu
Swedish: sötpotatis (sv), batat (sv)
Tagal Murut: pallavan
Tagalog: kamote (tl)
Tamil: வத்தாளைக் கிழங்கு (vattāḷaik kiḻaṅku)
Telugu: చిలగడదుంప (te) (cilagaḍadumpa)
Tetum: uhi
Thai: มันเทศ (man-têet)
Tibetan: གྲོ་མ (gro ma)
Tongan: kumala
Turkish: tatlı patates (tr)
Ukrainian: бата́т m (batát), соло́дка карто́пля f (solódka kartóplja)
Urapmin: wan
Urdu: شکرقندی f (śakarqandi)
Uzbek: batat
Vietnamese: khoai lang (vi)
Wapishana: kaazuu
Welsh: tatws melys (cy) f pl
Wolof: pataas (wo)
Yoruba: ànàmọ́, kúkúndùkú

yam — see yam

ocarina — see ocarina

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Isthmus Zapotec: ^{(please verify)} gu