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"word": "aerial yam"
},
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea bulbifera",
"word": "air yam"
},
{
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"word": "afoo yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea oppositifolia",
"word": "betel yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea dumetorum",
"word": "bitter yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea bulbifera",
"word": "cheeky yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea oppositifolia",
"word": "Chinese yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea batatas",
"word": "common yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea trifida",
"word": "cush-cush yam"
},
{
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"word": "elephant foot yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Amorphophallus konjac",
"word": "elephant yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea pentaphylla",
"word": "fiveleaf yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea septemloba",
"word": "Foochow yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea villosa",
"word": "fourleaf yam"
},
{
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"word": "garnet yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "greater yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea hispida",
"word": "Indian three-leaf yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea trifida",
"word": "Indian yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea hispida",
"word": "intoxicating yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea japonica",
"word": "Japanese mountain yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea japonica",
"word": "Japanese yam"
},
{
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"word": "jewel yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea esculenta",
"word": "lesser yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea mexicana",
"word": "Mexican yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea tokoro",
"word": "mountain yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "negro yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Oxalis tuberosa",
"word": "New Zealand yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Okinawan yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea bulbifera",
"word": "parsnip yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea bulbifera",
"word": "potato yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "purple yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea septemloba",
"word": "seven-lobed yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea tomentosa",
"word": "thorny yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "tropical yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea spp.",
"word": "true yam"
},
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"english": "Aponogeton spp.; Dioscorea alata",
"word": "water yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "white yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wild yam"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "winged yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yam bean"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yamberry"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yam cake"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yam daisy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yamless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yamlike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea trifida",
"word": "yampee"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "yam stick"
},
{
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"alt": "Dioscorea cayenensis. Dioscorea panthaica",
"word": "yellow yam"
}
],
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"2": "pt",
"3": "inhame"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese inhame",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "es",
"3": "ñame"
},
"expansion": "Spanish ñame",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wo",
"3": "ñàmbi",
"4": "",
"5": "cassava"
},
"expansion": "Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"glosses": [
"Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated."
],
"id": "en-yam-en-noun-tBPVYD~S",
"links": [
[
"vine",
"vine"
],
[
"Dioscorea",
"Dioscorea#Translingual"
]
],
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"code": "aji",
"lang": "Ajië",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "mëu"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ubi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yām",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "يَام"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dioskor",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "դիոսկոր"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kath alu",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "কাঠ আলু"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "bol",
"lang": "Bole",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "doya"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jams",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ямс"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pilau:pinam",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ပီလောပီနံ"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nyam"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "山藥"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shānyào",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "山药"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jam"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "yams"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "yam"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "yamplant"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "yamswortel"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jam"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ignamo"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "busre"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "busa"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uvi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "jamssi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "igname"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "iamsi",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "იამსი"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Yamswurzel"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Yams"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "yanm"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "aduru"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "doya"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ratālū",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "रतालू"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ālū",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आलू"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "jamsz"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "jam"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "inyamo"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ubi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igname"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"alt": "やまいも",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yamaimo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "山芋"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"alt": "じねんじょ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jinenjo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "自然薯"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yamanoimo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ヤマノイモ"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "téla rambat"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "kai",
"lang": "Karekare",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "dauya"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tättı kartop",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "тәтті картоп"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "kg",
"lang": "Kongo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "mbala"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ma",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "마"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"roman": "sevetalka hîndî",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "سەڤەتالکا ھیندی"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"roman": "binerdiya hîndî",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "بنەریا ھیندی"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phœ̄m",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ເຜີ່ມ"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dioskorėja"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "dioskorėjos"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "enduma"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "oviala"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ubi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kāccil",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "കാച്ചിൽ"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "obi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uwhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "jam",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "йам"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "busa"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "busri"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "busa"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "meu",
"lang": "Motu",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "maho"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jams"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jams"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "eci"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pochrzyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inhame"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ignamă"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jams",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ямс"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ñame"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "nduma"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "kiazi kikuu"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "jams"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "tugi"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "yam",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ям"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 0 14 4 13 8 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "man",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
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[
"dunk on",
"dunk on"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(especially basketball) To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "tom yam"
},
{
"word": "yam yam"
}
],
"senseid": [
"en:basketball"
],
"tags": [
"especially"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"basketball",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jæm/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æm"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-yam.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/En-us-yam.ogg/En-us-yam.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-us-yam.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "yăm"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"yam"
],
"word": "yam"
}
{
"categories": [
"Big Nambas terms in nonstandard scripts",
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Portuguese",
"English terms borrowed from Spanish",
"English terms derived from Portuguese",
"English terms derived from Spanish",
"English terms derived from Wolof",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Northern Kurdish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Rhymes:English/æm",
"Rhymes:English/æm/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "aerial yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea bulbifera",
"word": "air yam"
},
{
"word": "afoo yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea oppositifolia",
"word": "betel yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea dumetorum",
"word": "bitter yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea bulbifera",
"word": "cheeky yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea oppositifolia",
"word": "Chinese yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea batatas",
"word": "common yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea trifida",
"word": "cush-cush yam"
},
{
"word": "elephant foot yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Amorphophallus konjac",
"word": "elephant yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea pentaphylla",
"word": "fiveleaf yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea septemloba",
"word": "Foochow yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea villosa",
"word": "fourleaf yam"
},
{
"word": "garnet yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "greater yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea hispida",
"word": "Indian three-leaf yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea trifida",
"word": "Indian yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea hispida",
"word": "intoxicating yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea japonica",
"word": "Japanese mountain yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea japonica",
"word": "Japanese yam"
},
{
"word": "jewel yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea esculenta",
"word": "lesser yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea mexicana",
"word": "Mexican yam"
},
{
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea tokoro",
"word": "mountain yam"
},
{
"word": "negro yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Oxalis tuberosa",
"word": "New Zealand yam"
},
{
"word": "Okinawan yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea bulbifera",
"word": "parsnip yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea bulbifera",
"word": "potato yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "purple yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea septemloba",
"word": "seven-lobed yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea tomentosa",
"word": "thorny yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "tropical yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea spp.",
"word": "true yam"
},
{
"english": "Aponogeton spp.; Dioscorea alata",
"word": "water yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "white yam"
},
{
"word": "wild yam"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea alata",
"word": "winged yam"
},
{
"word": "yam bean"
},
{
"word": "yamberry"
},
{
"word": "yam cake"
},
{
"word": "yam daisy"
},
{
"word": "yamless"
},
{
"word": "yamlike"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dioscorea trifida",
"word": "yampee"
},
{
"word": "yam stick"
},
{
"alt": "Dioscorea cayenensis. Dioscorea panthaica",
"word": "yellow yam"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pt",
"3": "inhame"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese inhame",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "es",
"3": "ñame"
},
"expansion": "Spanish ñame",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wo",
"3": "ñàmbi",
"4": "",
"5": "cassava"
},
"expansion": "Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yams",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yam (plural yams)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated."
],
"links": [
[
"vine",
"vine"
],
[
"Dioscorea",
"Dioscorea#Translingual"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food."
],
"links": [
[
"tuberous",
"tuberous"
],
[
"staple",
"staple"
],
[
"food",
"food"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English"
],
"glosses": [
"A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas."
],
"links": [
[
"sweet potato",
"sweet potato"
],
[
"Ipomoea batatas",
"Ipomoea batatas#Translingual"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas."
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Scottish English"
],
"glosses": [
"A potato."
],
"links": [
[
"potato",
"potato"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Scotland) A potato."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"New Zealand English"
],
"glosses": [
"A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa."
],
"links": [
[
"oca",
"oca"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(New Zealand) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa."
],
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Malaysian English",
"Singapore English"
],
"glosses": [
"Taro."
],
"links": [
[
"Taro",
"taro"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Malaysia, Singapore) Taro."
],
"tags": [
"Malaysia",
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "yam:"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam."
],
"links": [
[
"orange",
"orange"
],
[
"colour",
"colour"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jæm/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æm"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-yam.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/En-us-yam.ogg/En-us-yam.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-us-yam.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "yăm"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "aji",
"lang": "Ajië",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "mëu"
},
{
"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ubi"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yām",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "يَام"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dioskor",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "դիոսկոր"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kath alu",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "কাঠ আলু"
},
{
"code": "bol",
"lang": "Bole",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "doya"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jams",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ямс"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pilau:pinam",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ပီလောပီနံ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nyam"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "山藥"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shānyào",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "山药"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jam"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "yams"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "yam"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "yamplant"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "yamswortel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jam"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ignamo"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "busre"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "busa"
},
{
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uvi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "jamssi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "igname"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "iamsi",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "იამსი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Yamswurzel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Yams"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "yanm"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "aduru"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "doya"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uhi"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ratālū",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "रतालू"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ālū",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "आलू"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "jamsz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "jam"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "inyamo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ubi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igname"
},
{
"alt": "やまいも",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yamaimo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "山芋"
},
{
"alt": "じねんじょ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jinenjo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "自然薯"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yamanoimo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ヤマノイモ"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "téla rambat"
},
{
"code": "kai",
"lang": "Karekare",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "dauya"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tättı kartop",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "тәтті картоп"
},
{
"code": "kg",
"lang": "Kongo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "mbala"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ma",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "마"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"roman": "sevetalka hîndî",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "سەڤەتالکا ھیندی"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"roman": "binerdiya hîndî",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "بنەریا ھیندی"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phœ̄m",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ເຜີ່ມ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dioskorėja"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "dioskorėjos"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "enduma"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "oviala"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ubi"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kāccil",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "കാച്ചിൽ"
},
{
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "obi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uwhi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "jam",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "йам"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "busa"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "busri"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "busa"
},
{
"code": "meu",
"lang": "Motu",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "maho"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jams"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jams"
},
{
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "eci"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pochrzyn"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inhame"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ignamă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jams",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ямс"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ñame"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "nduma"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "kiazi kikuu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "jams"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "tugi"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "yam",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ям"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "man",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "มัน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sàgun gloi",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "สกุลกลอย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "tatlı patates"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "shirin kartoshka"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "khoai"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iam"
},
{
"code": "mbb",
"lang": "Western Bukidnon Manobo",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "uvi"
},
{
"code": "ane",
"lang": "Xârâcùù",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "ku"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "iṣu"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"english": "pounded",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "any Dioscorea vine",
"word": "iyán"
},
{
"code": "nmb",
"lang": "Big Nambas",
"sense": "its edible root",
"word": "pai"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jams",
"sense": "its edible root",
"tags": [
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"code": "pdt",
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"code": "th",
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"word": "มันเสา"
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"code": "th",
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"word": "ฮ่วยซัว"
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "vi",
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"code": "yo",
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