jícama

• síncama (Puerto Rico)
• sincama (Philippines)
• síncamas, sincamas (Philippines, plural)
• jimaca (Philippines, obsolete)
• híncamas, hincamas, jíncamas, gicamas, hicamas, hícamas (Philippines, plural, obsolete)

First attested in the 16th century. Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxikama/ [ˈxi.ka.ma]

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʃikama/ [ˈʃi.ka.ma] (Early Modern Spanish)
• Rhymes: -ikama
• Syllabification: jí‧ca‧ma

jícama f (plural jícamas)

1. (Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala) jicama (edible root of yam bean)

• “jícama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “jícama”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010