hikama

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jícama (“jicama”), from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl. Doublet of singkamas.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhikama/ [ˌhiː.xɐˈma]
  • Rhymes: -ikama
  • Syllabification: hi‧ka‧ma

Noun

híkamá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜋ)

  1. jicama (edible root of the yam bean)

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 350
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