"いも" meaning in All languages combined

See いも on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [imo̞] Forms: imo [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720. May be a shift from older form うも (umo), ultimately from Proto-Japonic *umo. Cognate with Okinawan 芋 ('nmu). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{ja-r|うも}} うも (umo), {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*umo}} Proto-Japonic *umo, {{cog|ryu|芋|tr='nmu}} Okinawan 芋 ('nmu) Head templates: {{ja-noun|いも}} いも • (imo)
  1. edible tuber
    potato
    Categories (lifeform): Vegetables
    Sense id: en-いも-ja-noun-eck1s-9q Disambiguation of Vegetables: 37 25 19 19 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 25 25 25 25
  2. edible tuber
    sweet potato
    Sense id: en-いも-ja-noun-gxMwtA1n Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 25 25 25 25
  3. edible tuber
    yam
    Sense id: en-いも-ja-noun--2jKSwdf Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 25 25 25 25
  4. edible tuber
    taro
    Sense id: en-いも-ja-noun-bD-Aia51 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 24 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 里芋 (satoimo) (ruby: 里芋(さといも)) (english: taro (potato)), 薩摩芋 (ruby: 薩摩芋(さつまいも)) (taxonomic: Satsuma imo), 焼き芋 (yakiimo) (ruby: (), (いも)), ジャガイモ (jagaimo) (english: potato), 芋虫 (imomushi) (ruby: 芋虫(いもむし))

Alternative forms

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