/jæm/
- n.
- 山药，薯蓣
中文释义来自 ECDICT
yam1词源 1
词源链
- wo
ñàmbi‘cassava’
派生
- 英语English
yam
词源说明
Borrowed from Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657.
yam2词源 2
yam3词源 3
释义
动词verb
- 1Pronunciation spelling of am.
yam4词源 4
词源链
- alv-fwo
派生
- ff
nyaamude‘to eat’
派生
- 英语English
yam
词源说明
Ultimately from Fula nyaamude (“to eat”) or a cognate Fula-Wolof term.
释义
动词verb
yam5词源 5
词源说明
Apparently a variation of jam (“dunk”, verb).
释义
动词verb
- 1(especially basketball) To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.