sincamas

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A form of singkamas — Synonym of jicama.

OriginPhilippine Spanish síncamas ← Early Modern Spanish jícamas ← Classical Nahuatl xīcama →
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Meanings

nounsincamas (uncountable)
  1. PhilippinesalternativearchaicuncountableAlternative form of singkamas.

    The edible root of the sincamas has approximately the same shape as does the turnip.

    1946, United States. War Department, Army Recipes, page 379
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    The crop of sugar cane is sufficiently good, while that of sincamas, squash, melons, sitao, and oranges is fair.

    1909, Jose Algue, Miguel Selga, The Government of the Philippine Islands Weather Bureau Manila Central Observatory

    Also, the fleshy root of sincamas which were on sale in market stalls in Bícol were small and fibrous.

    1976, The Philippine Journal of Coconut Studies - Volumes 1-5, page 180

Origin

  1. Classical Nahuatlxīcama
  2. Early Modern Spanishjícamas
  3. Philippine Spanishsíncamas
  4. Englishsincamas

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

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APA

sincamas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sincamas

MLA

“sincamas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sincamas. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sincamas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sincamas.

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