nyam

== English == === Verb === nyam (third-person singular simple present nyams, present participle nyamming, simple past and past participle nyammed) (Jamaica) To eat. == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === nyam (past min nyam, future go nyam, a go nyam, wi nyam, wil nyam, completive dun nyam, imperfective a nyam) to eat == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɲam] === Etymology 1 === Probably from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. Compare Spanish ñame. ==== Noun ==== nyam m (plural nyams) yam (edible root of Dioscorea vine) === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic ==== Noun ==== nyam (childish) food ===== Derived terms ===== fer nyam nyam-nyam === Further reading === “nyam”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “nyam”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “nyam” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === Borrowed from Wolof nyam, nyami, nyamnyam (“food; to eat”), or from Fula nyama, nyami, nyamgo (“to eat”). Possibly via Ghanaian Pidgin English. Cognate of Sranan Tongo nyan (“food; to eat”). Many other West African languages use similar terms for "flesh" or "meat", such as: Chichewa nyama, Efik unam, Esimbi ɛnyimi, Hausa nama, Lingala nyama, Swahili nyama, and Zulu inyama. Also compare Hausa nyamnyam, yamyam (“cannibal”) and Luba-Kasai nyama (“animal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲam/ === Noun === nyam food, meal === Verb === nyam to eat (eat) to consume, use up, (wastefully) spend, waste (waste) ==== Related terms ==== eat nyam up dawg nyam yuh suppa === References === Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 410 nyam – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary nyam at majstro.com Huber, Magnus (1999), Ghanaian Pidgin English in Its West African Context, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 102 Cassidy, Frederic Gomes, Le Page, Robert Brock, editors (2002), Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 325 Sheller, Mimi (2003), Consuming the Caribbean: From Arawaks to Zombies, Routledge, →ISBN == Nigerian Pidgin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === nyam yam ==== References ==== Nigerian Pidgin by Nicholas Faraclas, publ. Routledge, 1996 == Sranan Tongo == === Verb === nyam pronunciation spelling of nyan === Noun === nyam pronunciation spelling of nyan