yam
noun
- vegetable
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /jæm/ / [jeəm] ~ [jɛəm] / /jam/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 任 (jam4).
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Alternative form of hjem. Likely caused by influence from Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), the accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. More at home.
- Home.
verb
Etymology: Apparently a variation of jam (“dunk”, verb).
- To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:yam.”