Yam
Translations of "yam" (76 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajië | mëu(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Aklanon | ubi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Ao | shi (Chungli)(its edible root) | — | |
| Arabic | يَام(any Dioscorea vine) | yām | |
| Armenian | դիոսկոր(any Dioscorea vine) | dioskor | |
| Assamese | কাঠ আলু(any Dioscorea vine) | kath alu | |
| Big Nambas | pai(its edible root) | — | |
| Bole | doya(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Bulgarian | ямс(any Dioscorea vine), ямс(its edible root) | jams, jams | |
| Burmese | ပီလောပီနံ(any Dioscorea vine) | pilau:pinam | |
| Catalan | nyam(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Central Dusun | guol(its edible root) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 山藥 /山药(any Dioscorea vine) | shānyào | |
| Czech | jam(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Danish | yams(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Dutch | jam(any Dioscorea vine), jam(its edible root), yam(any Dioscorea vine), yam(its edible root), yamplant(any Dioscorea vine), yamswortel(any Dioscorea vine), yamswortel(its edible root) | — | |
| Esperanto | ignamo(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Farefare | busa(any Dioscorea vine), busre(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Fijian | uvi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Finnish | jamssi(any Dioscorea vine), jamssi(its edible root) | — | |
| French | igname(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Georgian | იამსი(any Dioscorea vine) | iamsi | |
| German | Yams(any Dioscorea vine), Yamswurzel(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Haitian Creole | yanm(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Hausa | aduru(any Dioscorea vine), doya(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Hawaiian | uhi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Hindi | आलू(any Dioscorea vine), आलू(its edible root), रतालू(any Dioscorea vine), रतालू(its edible root) | ālū, ālū, ratālū, ratālū | |
| Hungarian | jam(any Dioscorea vine), jam(its edible root), jamgyökér(its edible root), jamsz(any Dioscorea vine), jamsz(its edible root), jamszgyökér(its edible root) | — | |
| Ido | inyamo(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Igbo | ji(its edible root) | — | |
| Indonesian | ubi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Irish | ionam(its edible root) | — | |
| Italian | igname(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Japanese | ヤマノイモ(any Dioscorea vine), 山芋(any Dioscorea vine), 自然薯(any Dioscorea vine) | yamanoimo, yamaimo, jinenjo | |
| Javanese | téla rambat(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Karekare | dauya(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Kazakh | тәтті картоп(any Dioscorea vine) | tättı kartop | |
| Kongo | mbala(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Korean | 마(any Dioscorea vine) | ma | |
| Lao | ເຜີ່ມ(any Dioscorea vine) | phœ̄m | |
| Latvian | dioskorėja(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Lithuanian | dioskorėjos(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Luhya | enduma(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Lutuv | bie(its edible root) | — | |
| Malagasy | oviala(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Malay | keladi(its edible root), ubi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Malayalam | കാച്ചിൽ(any Dioscorea vine), കാച്ചിൽ(its edible root) | kāccil, kāccil | |
| Mansaka | obi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Māori | ngangarangi(its edible root), uhi(any Dioscorea vine), uhi(its edible root), uwhi(any Dioscorea vine), uwhi(its edible root) | — | |
| Mongolian | йам(any Dioscorea vine) | jam | |
| Moore | busa(any Dioscorea vine), busa(any Dioscorea vine), busri(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Motu | maho(any Dioscorea vine), maho(its edible root) | — | |
| Navajo | nahooyéí(its edible root) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | بنەریا ھیندی(any Dioscorea vine), سەڤەتالکا ھیندی(any Dioscorea vine) | binerdiya hîndî, sevetalka hîndî | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | jams(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | jams(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Nupe | eci(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Plautdietsch | Jams(its edible root) | — | |
| Polish | ignam(any Dioscorea vine), ignam(its edible root), jam(any Dioscorea vine), jam(its edible root), pochrzyn(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Portuguese | inhame(any Dioscorea vine), inhame(its edible root) | — | |
| Romanian | ignamă(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Russian | ямс(any Dioscorea vine) | jams | |
| Spanish | ame(its edible root), yame(its edible root), ñame(any Dioscorea vine), ñame(its edible root), ñamera(any Dioscorea vine), ñangate(its edible root) | — | |
| Swahili | kiazi kikuu(any Dioscorea vine), nduma(any Dioscorea vine), nduma(its edible root) | — | |
| Swedish | jams(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Tagalog | tugi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Tajik | ям(any Dioscorea vine) | yam | |
| Thai | มัน(any Dioscorea vine), มันเสา(its edible root), สกุลกลอย(any Dioscorea vine), ฮ่วยซัว(its edible root) | man, man-sǎo, sàgun gloi, hûay sua | |
| Turkish | tatlı patates(any Dioscorea vine), yam(its edible root) | — | |
| Tyap | a̱cyi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Uzbek | shirin kartoshka(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Vietnamese | khoai(any Dioscorea vine), sắn dây(its edible root) | — | |
| Welsh | iam(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Western Bukidnon Manobo | uvi(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Xârâcùù | ku(any Dioscorea vine) | — | |
| Yoruba | iyán(any Dioscorea vine), iṣu(any Dioscorea vine), iṣu(its edible root) | — |
mëu
ubi
shi (Chungli)
pai
doya
nyam
guol
jam
yams
jam, jam, yam, yam, yamplant, yamswortel, yamswortel
ignamo
busa, busre
uvi
jamssi, jamssi
igname
Yams, Yamswurzel
yanm
aduru, doya
uhi
jam, jam, jamgyökér, jamsz, jamsz, jamszgyökér
inyamo
ji
ubi
ionam
igname
téla rambat
dauya
mbala
dioskorėja
dioskorėjos
enduma
bie
oviala
keladi, ubi
obi
ngangarangi, uhi, uhi, uwhi, uwhi
busa, busa, busri
maho, maho
nahooyéí
jams
eci
Jams
ignam, ignam, jam, jam, pochrzyn
inhame, inhame
ignamă
ame, yame, ñame, ñame, ñamera, ñangate
kiazi kikuu, nduma, nduma
jams
tugi
tatlı patates, yam
a̱cyi
shirin kartoshka
khoai, sắn dây
iam
ku
iyán, iṣu, iṣu
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