jícama

See also: jicama

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxikama/ [ˈxi.ka.ma]

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• Rhymes: -ikama
• Syllabification: jí‧ca‧ma

Noun

jícama f (plural jícamas)

1. jicama

Descendants

• → Cebuano: singkamas
• → English: jicama
• → Tagalog: singkamas
• → Yogad: singkamas

Further reading

• “jícama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28