yam

Etymology 1
From and, likely from  or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657.

Noun

 * 1) Any climbing vine of the genus  in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
 * 2) The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
 * 3)  A sweet potato; a tuber from the species.
 * 4)  A potato.
 * 5)  A oca; a tuber from the species.
 * 6) An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
 * 1) An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
 * 1) An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.

Usage notes
Careful use distinguishes yams (genus ) from sweet potatoes, while casual American use conflates these.

Translations

 * Ajië: mëu
 * Aklanon: ubi
 * Arabic: يَام
 * Armenian: դիոսկոր
 * Assamese: কাঠ আলু
 * Bole: doya
 * Bulgarian: ямс
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: nyam
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: yams
 * Dutch:, yamplant, ,
 * Esperanto: ignamo
 * Farefare: busre, busa
 * Fijian: uvi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: იამსი
 * German: ,
 * Haitian Creole: yanm
 * Hausa: aduru,
 * Hawaiian: uhi
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: igname
 * Japanese: 山芋, ,
 * Javanese: téla rambat
 * Karekare: dauya
 * Kazakh: тәтті картоп
 * Kongo: mbala
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: سەڤەتالکا ھیندی, بنەریا ھیندی
 * Lao: ເຜີ່ມ
 * Latvian: dioskorėja
 * Lithuanian: dioskorėjos
 * Luhya: enduma
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mansaka: obi
 * Maori: uhi, uwhi
 * Mongolian: йам
 * Moore: busa, busri, busa
 * Motu: maho
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: jams
 * Nynorsk: jams
 * Nupe: eci
 * Polish: pochrzyn
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, kiazi kikuu
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tugi
 * Tajik: ям
 * Thai:, สกุลกลอย
 * Turkish:
 * Uzbek: shirin kartoshka
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: iam
 * Western Bukidnon Manobo: uvi
 * Xârâcùù: ku
 * Yoruba: iṣu, iyán (pounded)


 * Big Nambas: pai
 * Bulgarian: ямс
 * Central Dusun: guol
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , jamgyökér
 * Igbo:
 * Irish: ionam
 * Lao:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: uhi, uwhi, ngangarangi
 * Motu: maho
 * Navajo: nahooyéí
 * Plautdietsch: Jams
 * Portuguese:
 * Swahili:
 * Thai: มันเสา, ฮ่วยซัว
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yoruba: iṣu

Etymology 2
Alternative form of hjem. Likely caused by influence from, the accusative form of , from. More at home.

Noun

 * 1)  Home.

Etymology 4
Ultimately from or a cognate  term.

Verb

 * 1)  To eat.

Etymology 5
Apparently a variation of.

Verb

 * 1)   To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.

Noun

 * 1)  yesterday

Etymology
See.

Noun

 * 1)  mail staging post

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) yam, a tropical vine
 * 2) its edible root

Postposition

 * 1) beside

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 jàm, 🇨🇬 [Cuang] jaːm, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to cry, to weep

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) house

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) water