Image:YamsatBrixtonMarket.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Yams.
English
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Etymology
From Pg. inhame and Sp. ñame, possibly from the Fula. nyami, (�to eat�). The term was coined in w:1657|1657.
Pronunciation
:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æm|-æm
Noun
en-noun
- The edible, starchy, tuberous root of any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea, usually cultivated in the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
- italbrac|Southern U.S. A sweet potato.
- Scottish potato|Potato.
Translations
trans-top|edible root of Dioscorea vine
Catalan: nyam m
Chinese:
Danish: yams, jams g|Danish
Dutch: t-|nl|yam|m, t+|nl|jam|m
Esperanto: ignamo
Fijian: uvi
Finnish: t-|fi|jamssi
French: igname f
German: Yamswurzel f, Yams f
Hausa: aduru
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Hawaiian: uhi
Indonesian: t+|id|ubi|xs=Indonesian
Japanese: å±±è��(ã��ã�¾ã��ã��, yamaimo), è�ªç�¶è�¯ (ã��ã�ã��ã��ã��, jinenjo) ã�¤ã��ã��ã�¤ã�¢ (yamanoimo)
Korean: � (ma)
Latvian: dioskor�ja f
Maori: uhi, oka, uwhi
Polish: pochrzyn m
Portuguese: inhame m
Spanish: t+|es|ñame|m
trans-bottom
trans-top|sweet potato
See: sweet potato
trans-bottom
trans-top|potato
See: potato
trans-bottom
See also
sweet potato
Category:Vegetables
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA|/j�m/
Noun
nl-noun2|m|s|metje
- #English|Yam.
Synonyms
jam
zh-min-nan:yam
es:yam
fr:yam
io:yam
id:yam
hu:yam
ru:yam
ta:yam
te:yam
vi:yam
tr:yam
vo:yam
zh:yam
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