sincamas

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sincamas (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines, archaic) Alternative form of singkamas.
    • 1909, Jose Algue, Miguel Selga, The Government of the Philippine Islands Weather Bureau Manila Central Observatory:
      The crop of sugar cane is sufficiently good, while that of sincamas, squash, melons, sitao, and oranges is fair.
    • 1946, United States. War Department, Army Recipes, page 379:
      The edible root of the sincamas has approximately the same shape as does the turnip.
    • 1976, The Philippine Journal of Coconut Studies - Volumes 1-5, page 180:
      Also, the fleshy root of sincamas which were on sale in market stalls in Bícol were small and fibrous.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsinkamas/ [ˈsĩŋ.ka.mas]
  • Rhymes: -inkamas
  • Syllabification: sin‧ca‧mas

Noun

sincamas f pl

  1. (Philippines) alternative form of síncamas
    Synonym: jícamas
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