inhame

Portuguese

inhame

Etymology

Probably from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. Compare Spanish ñame.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /(i)ˈɲɐ̃.mi/ [(i)ˈj̃ɐ̃.mi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /(i)ˈɲɐ̃.mi/ [(i)ˈj̃ɐ̃.mi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /(i)ˈɲɐ.me/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɲɐ.mɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɲɐ.mɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɲa.mɨ/

Noun

inhame m (plural inhames)

1. yam (edible root of Dioscorea vine)

Descendants

• English: yam
• French: igname
• → Irish: ionam
• Italian: igname
• Macanese: nhame, inhame

Further reading

• “inhame”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026