yam.
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
Meaning & usage
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.
A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
A potato.
An oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
Taro.
An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
Where this word comes from
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.
Home.
Where this word comes from
Alternative form of hjem. Likely caused by influence from Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), the accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. More at home.
To eat.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Fula nyaamude (“to eat”) or a cognate Fula-Wolof term.
To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.
Where this word comes from
Apparently a variation of jam (“dunk”, verb).
Pronunciation spelling of am.
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