yamyam

== Cebuano == === Etymology === From yamar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: yam‧yam === Noun === yamyam an incantation === Verb === yamyam to recite a prayer or incantation to mumble to talk aimlessly === Quotations === For quotations using this term, see Citations:yamyam. === Anagrams === Maymay == Masbatenyo == === Noun === yamyam nightmare ==== Derived terms ==== magyamyam == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish یامیام (yâmyâm) meaning also “Niam-Niam”, an obsolete name used by 18th- and 19th-century French and British travellers for the Azande, an ethnic group of North Central Africa. The name is said to mean “great eaters” in the Dinka language, supposedly referring to cannibalistic propensities formerly ascribed to the Azande. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [jɑm.ˈjɑm] === Noun === yamyam (definite accusative yamyamı, plural yamyamlar) cannibal ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== yamyamlık (“cannibalism”) === Further reading === Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yamyam”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5189