cocoyam

English

new cocoyam

Etymology

coco +‎ yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam.

Noun

cocoyam (plural cocoyams)

1. New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
   • 2007 March 30, “Street Level”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam.

2. Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.

Synonyms

• (new cocoyam): yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque
• (old cocoyam): taro, dasheen
• (to be sorted): tanier, tannia, tannier, taioba

Translations

new cocoyam, Xanthosoma

• Aukan: taya
• Dutch: tajer m
• Mopan Maya: mäkäl
• Portuguese: taioba f, tajá m
• Spanish: malanga (es) f, (Guatemala) macal (es) m, (Venezuela) ocumo (es) m, (Panama) otoe m, (Nicaragua) quequisque m, (Colombia) rascadera (es) m, (Costa Rica) tiquisque m, (Peru) uncucha f, (Puerto Rico) yautía (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: taya

old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta

• Aukan: su, dasini, sineisi taya
• Bulgarian: таро n (taro)
• Dutch: tajer m
• German: Taro (de) m, Wasserbrotwurzel f
• Spanish: malanga (es) f or f pl
• Sranan Tongo: taya
• Thai: บอน (th) (bɔɔn), เผือก (th) (pʉ̀ʉak)