inhame

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Probably from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. Compare Spanish ñame. === Pronunciation === === Noun === inhame m (plural inhames) yam (edible root of Dioscorea vine) (Azores) bigfooted ==== 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