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Where does “singkamas” come from?

singkamas (Tagalog) comes from Philippine Spanish síncamas, from Spanish jícamas, from Nahuatl xīcama, from Classical Nahuatl xīcamatl.

singkamas (Tagalog): Pachyrhizus erosus, a vine cultivated for its...

Definitions

  1. Pachyrhizus erosus, a vine cultivated for its...

Ancestry of “singkamas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Philippine Spanishsíncamas—
2Spanishjícamas—
3Nahuatlxīcama—
4Classical Nahuatlxīcamatl—

Words derived from “singkamas”

  • singkamas
Every word from Classical Nahuatl xīcamatl →