yame

Francisco León Zoque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ñame.

Noun

yame

1. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

References

• Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 241

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Middle English

Pronoun

yame

1. (Northern, northern East Midlands) Alternative form of þem (“them”)