singkamas
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A barangay of Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Example Sentences
- "If all of the 35 kinds could have been handled by one stand, the average sales for the year would have amounted to P2,904; sales from boiled green corn, singkamas, lanzones, Carabao mango, pineapple, and watermelon would have represented more than two-thirds of the total."
- "Harvesting of peanuts, singkamas, onions, caimito and root crops still underway."
- "I remember that singkamas became a decorative air plant in our homes; hung from a wall, it would sprout a sprig that grew into a leafy vine."
- "For example, achara, pickle relish made of grated unripe papaya and vegetable, red and green bell pepper, purple shallots, carrots, cucumber, and singkamas or turnip—all preserved in and flavored with coconut vinegar, salt, and spices—is a prime medium for this art."
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog singkamas, from Philippine Spanish síncamas, from Early Modern Spanish jícamas, plural of jícama; from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.
Word Breakdown
- Root: síncamas, jícamas, xīcama
Usage
Inflected Forms
sincamas (alternative, Philippines)
sincama (alternative, Philippines)