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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping ofEnglishYamba.

Symbol

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yam

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forYamba.

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English

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Yams
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromPortugueseinhame andSpanishñame, likely fromWolofñàmbi(“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelledyam as early as 1657.

Noun

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yam (pluralyams)

  1. Any climbingvine of the genusDioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
  2. The edible, starchy,tuberous root of that plant, a tropicalstaplefood.
    • 1958 June 17,Chinua Achebe, chapter 4, inThings Fall Apart, London:Heinemann,→OCLC, part 1, page34:
      Inwardly Okonkwo knew that the boys were still too young to understand fully the difficult art of preparing seed-yams. But he thought that one could not begin too early.Yam stood for manliness, and he who could feed his family onyams from one harvest to another was a very great man indeed.
  3. (US) Asweet potato; a tuber from the speciesIpomoea batatas.
  4. (Scotland) Apotato.
  5. (New Zealand) Anoca; a tuber from the speciesOxalis tuberosa.
  6. (Malaysia, Singapore)Taro.
  7. Anorange-browncolour, like the flesh of the yam.(Can we add anexample for this sense?)
    yam: 
Usage notes
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Careful use distinguishes yams (genusDioscorea) from sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas), while casual American use conflates these.

Derived terms
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Translations
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any Dioscorea vine
its edible root
sweet potato—seesweet potato
potato—seepotato
taro—seetaro

Etymology 2

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Alternative form ofhjem. Likely caused by influence fromOld Norseheim(“home, homewards”), the accusative form ofheimr(“abode, world, land”), fromProto-Germanic*haimaz. More athome.

Noun

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yam (pluralyams)

  1. (regional, Cumberland)Home.

Etymology 3

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Verb

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yam

  1. Pronunciation spelling ofam.
    • 1904, Carrie Hunt Latta, “The Last Day of Schol”, inThe Reader Magazine‎[1], volume IV, Indianopolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company,page291:
      “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:
      “Iyam not mad, Iyam not mad.”

Etymology 4

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Ultimately fromFulanyaamude(“to eat”) or a cognateFula-Wolof term.

Verb

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yam (third-person singular simple presentyams,present participleyamming,simple past and past participleyammed)

  1. (UK, slang) To eat.

Etymology 5

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Apparently a variation ofjam(“dunk”,verb).

Verb

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yam (third-person singular simple presentyams,present participleyamming,simple past and past participleyammed)

  2. (especially basketball) Todunk on; to beat humiliatingly.

Further reading

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See also

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etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "yam"

Anagrams

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Achang

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Myanmar)/jam˧/
  • (Longchuan)[jam³¹]
  • (Xiandao)[jam³¹]

Noun

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yam

  1. jar,pot

Further reading

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  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005),A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[2], Payap University, page141

Aleut

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Noun

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yam

  1. (Eastern)yesterday

References

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Seeyamçı.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yam (definite accusativeyamı,pluralyamlar)

  1. (historical)mailstagingpost

Declension

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Declension ofyam
singularplural
nominativeyamyamlar
definite accusativeyamıyamları
dativeyamayamlara
locativeyamdayamlarda
ablativeyamdanyamlardan
definite genitiveyamınyamların
Possessive forms ofyam
nominative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)yamımyamlarım
sənin(“your”)yamınyamların
onun(“his/her/its”)yamıyamları
bizim(“our”)yamımızyamlarımız
sizin(“your”)yamınızyamlarınız
onların(“their”)yamı oryamlarıyamları
accusative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)yamımıyamlarımı
sənin(“your”)yamınıyamlarını
onun(“his/her/its”)yamınıyamlarını
bizim(“our”)yamımızıyamlarımızı
sizin(“your”)yamınızıyamlarınızı
onların(“their”)yamını oryamlarınıyamlarını
dative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)yamımayamlarıma
sənin(“your”)yamınayamlarına
onun(“his/her/its”)yamınayamlarına
bizim(“our”)yamımızayamlarımıza
sizin(“your”)yamınızayamlarınıza
onların(“their”)yamına oryamlarınayamlarına
locative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)yamımdayamlarımda
sənin(“your”)yamındayamlarında
onun(“his/her/its”)yamındayamlarında
bizim(“our”)yamımızdayamlarımızda
sizin(“your”)yamınızdayamlarınızda
onların(“their”)yamında oryamlarındayamlarında
ablative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)yamımdanyamlarımdan
sənin(“your”)yamındanyamlarından
onun(“his/her/its”)yamındanyamlarından
bizim(“our”)yamımızdanyamlarımızdan
sizin(“your”)yamınızdanyamlarınızdan
onların(“their”)yamından oryamlarındanyamlarından
genitive
singularplural
mənim(“my”)yamımınyamlarımın
sənin(“your”)yamınınyamlarının
onun(“his/her/its”)yamınınyamlarının
bizim(“our”)yamımızınyamlarımızın
sizin(“your”)yamınızınyamlarınızın
onların(“their”)yamının oryamlarınınyamlarının

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “yam” inObastan.com.

Beja

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Etymology

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CompareSomaliyumbo(“to immerge (in water)”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yám m pl

  1. water
    Aniyam gw'an. ― I drankwater.

References

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  • Klaus and Charlotte Wedekind, Abuzeinab Musa,Beja Pedagogical Grammar (2005)
  • Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski,Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters,→ISBN, page38
  • Václav Blažek,A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, inIn Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Buwal

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromProto-Chadic*ymn.

Noun

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yam

  1. water

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Cuvok

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromProto-Chadic*ymn.

Noun

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yam

  1. water

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishyam.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yam m (pluralyamsoryammen,diminutiveyammetje n)

  1. yam, a tropical vine
  2. its edible root

Synonyms

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Lashi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Waingmaw)IPA(key): [jæm˧˧]
  • (Mongko)IPA(key): [jam˥˧]
  • Hyphenation:yam

Noun

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yam

  1. (locational)beside
    yam moo ―beside
    • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 41:1 [Genesis 41:1]”, inJhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[3], page66:
      Eig zain myangˮ thang꞉ Egutu khokham yhoeb moꓹ myang zigi nyang꞉ gi Nila gyid langyam moo yhe꞉ yab nyid.
      Two years later the king of Egypt saw a dream that he was standingbeside the river Nile.

References

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  • Qingxia Dai; Jie Li (2007),勒期语研究 [The study of the Leqi language], Beijing: Central Institute for Nationalities Publishing House,→ISBN, page296
  • Hkaw Luk (2017),A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page51

Merey

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromProto-Chadic*ymn.

Noun

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yam

  1. water

References

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  • Richard Gravina (compiler); Alan Boydell, Elie Doumok (facilitators),Merey lexicon (2003, SIL)

Middle English

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Pronoun

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yam

  1. (Northern, Northeast Midland)alternative form ofþem(“them”)

Mofu-Gudur

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromProto-Chadic*ymn.

Noun

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yam

  1. water

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North Giziga

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromProto-Chadic*ymn.

Noun

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yam

  1. water

References

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  • Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski,Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters,→ISBN, page38

Pnar

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Etymology

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FromProto-Khasian*jaːm, fromProto-Mon-Khmer*jaam. Cognate withKhasiïam,Blangjàm,Khmu [Cuang]jaːm,Mangɲaːm¹,Monယာံ,Khmerយំ(yum).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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yam

  1. tocry, toweep

South Giziga

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromProto-Chadic*ymn.

Noun

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yam

  1. water

References

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  • Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski,Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters,→ISBN, page38

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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FromEnglishyam.

Noun

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yam

  1. yam

Yimchungru Naga

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Etymology

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FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*k-j(i/u)m.

Noun

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yam

  1. house

Zulgo-Gemzek

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromProto-Chadic*ymn.

Noun

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yam

  1. water

References

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