síncama

• sincama (Philippines, usually in the plural)

From Early Modern Spanish jícama (“jicama”), from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinkama/ [ˈsĩŋ.ka.ma]
• Rhymes: -inkama
• Syllabification: sín‧ca‧ma

síncama f (plural síncamas)

1. (Puerto Rico, Philippines) alternative form of jícama

• “síncama”, 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