jicama

See also: jícama

English

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish jícama, from Nahuatl xīcama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪ.kə.mə/, /ˈhiː.kə.mə/

Noun

jicama (plural jicamas)

1. The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America and as a snack in Mexico.

Translations

the edible root of the yam bean

• Burmese: စိမ်းစားဥ (my) (cim:ca:u.)
• Catalan: jícama f
• Cebuano: singkamas
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 沙葛 (saa¹ got³)

  Mandarin: 涼薯／凉薯 (zh) (liángshǔ), 豆薯 (zh) (dòushǔ)

• French: jícama (fr), pois patate
• German: Yambohne f
• Indonesian: bengkuang (id)
• Italian: patata messicana f
• Japanese: ヒカマ (hikama)
• Javanese: bengkuang
• Kapampangan: singkamas
• Khmer: ដំឡូងរលួស (dâmlongrôluŏs), ប៉ិកួៈ (km) (pekuəʔ), ប៉ិគក់ (bĕkkâ)
• Malay: sengkuang
• Spanish: jícama f, pelenga f, nabo mexicano m
• Sundanese: bangkuang (su)
• Swedish: jamsbönrot (sv) c, jamsböna
• Tagalog: singkamas
• Thai: มันแกว (th)
• Vietnamese: cây củ đậu
• Waray-Waray: singkamas
• Zhuang: maenzgat, lauxbaeggaeu, sawzliengz, gaeugat

Further reading

• jicama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia