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Francisco León Zoque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ñame.
Noun
yame
- purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
References
- Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 241
Middle English
Pronoun
yame
- (Northern, northern East Midlands) Alternative form of þem (“them”)