yam oor Xhosa

yam

/jæm/ naamwoord

(botany) Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated

Yam

YAM

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1 Tom yam goong soup
1 Isuphu eyiTom yam goong

They raised manioc, yams, and other foods that tasted better and were more nutritious than anything they might have received from their masters.
Ayelima iimanioc, iiyam, nezinye izinto ezimnandi nezinesondlo kunayo nantoni na ayenokuyifumana kwiinkosi zawo.

Our staple food was yam.
Sasiphila ngokutya iyam.

The other publishers provide a simple wedding dinner of yams, sago, some edible leaves, and two chickens.
Abanye abavakalisi benza isidlo somtshato ngeeyam, isago, amagqabi neenkuku ezimbini.

No one will ever ask you to read yams.”
Akukho mntu uya kuze athi funda iibhatata.”

His father gave him a piece of yam to cook and eat; instead the boy saved it and planted it during the proper season.
Uyise wayeyiphe iqhekeza lohlobo oluthile lweebhatata ezinkulu (iyam) ukuba ilipheke ize ilidle; endaweni yoko le nkwenkwe yaligcina yaza yalityala ngexesha elifanelekileyo.

Yams, cassava, and rice —the mainstays of local produce— are also well represented, along with imported onions and garlic.
Iiyams, iicassava, nerayisi—okona kutya kuthandwayo kwelo—zikho ngobuninzi, kanti kukwakho namatswele neekonofile ezithengwe kwamanye amazwe.

Families worked together to cultivate corn, cotton, yams, and beans.
Iintsapho zazisebenza kunye ekulimeni ihabile, umqhaphu, iibhatata neembotyi.

On one occasion when my father recovered from a terrible illness, the oracle man told him that in appreciation for his recovery he should offer a sacrifice of a goat, yams, kola nuts, and liquor to his dead father.
Ngesinye isihlandlo xa ubawo wachacha emva kokugula kakhulu, indoda engusiyazi yamxelela ukuba ufanele anikele idini ngebhokhwe, iibhatata ekuthiwa zii-yam, ii-kola nuts, notywala kuyise owafayo ebonakalisa uxabiso ngokuchacha kwakhe.

Our family subsisted by cultivating and selling yam, cassava, and kola nuts.
Njengentsapho sasiphila ngokulima nokuthengisa iyam, icassava namandongomane ekola.

Whether you are visiting Thailand or wish to taste Thai cooking at home, try tom yam goong, the hot-and-sour shrimp soup that is a specialty of Thailand.
Enoba utyelele apho okanye ufuna ukuva ukutya kwaseThailand ngoxa usekhaya, khawuzame itom yam goong, isuphu ekhakhazelayo ngoxa inayo nendawo emuncwana yaye ihamba phambili kwelo laseThailand.

Farther away lay stone cooking pits, where pigs, wallabies, deer, pigeons, fish, yams, and sweet potatoes were being roasted.
Kudana nelo qonga kwakukho iindawo zokupheka ezaziqhotsa iihagu, iikangaroo ezincinane, amaxhama, amavukuthu, iintlanzi, iiyam neebhatata.

My family farmed yams, bananas, cassava, and cocoa.
Intsapho yakowethu yayinefama eneebhatata, iibanana, icassava nekoko.

As the brothers put up the hammocks, the sisters cooked one of our favorite dishes —pigtail boilup— a stew made from cassava, yams, green plantain, coconut, boiled eggs and, of course, a pig’s tail.
Njengoko abazalwana babelungisa indawo yokulala, oodade bona babepheka ukutya esikuthanda kakhulu—isityu esenziwe ngekhokhonathi, amaqanda, imisila yeehagu nezinye izinto.

If yam is stolen, it is a Presbyterian who is responsible.
Ukuba kubiwe iyam, sukuba ibiwe ngumRhabe.

We ate yam in the morning, pounded yam in the afternoon, and had yam again at night.
Sasivuka ngeyam, siyigube emva kwemini, siphinde silale ngayo.

Later he harvested his yam, sold it, and contributed the money for the Igieduma project.
Kamva yalivuna, yalithengisa, ibe yanikela ngaloo mali kwisakhiwo saseIgieduma.

I built a house for this god and regularly offered sacrifices of yams, palm oil, snails, chickens, doves, and various other animals.
Ndamakhela indlu ndaza ndamenzela amadini ngeyam, ioli yesundu, iinkumba, iinkuku, amahobe nezinye izilwanyana.

Cain offered God a sacrifice of large yams, yet God did not accept that sacrifice since there was no blood in it.
UKayin wanikela kuThixo idini leebhatata ezinkulu, kodwa uThixo akazange alamkele elo dini ekubeni kwakungekho gazi kulo.

Two basic items are rice and fufu, a pounded mash made from manioc, plantains, or yams.
Okona kutya kuthandwayo yirayisi, nefufu, eyenziwe ngemanioc, iplantain, okanye iiyams ezicujiweyo.

Every year at the annual yam harvest, men and boys dive from wooden towers that are 60 to 100 feet [20 to 30 m] high.
Nyaka ngamnye ngexesha lokuvuna iyam, amadoda namakhwenkwe aziphosa ezantsi esuka kwiinqaba ezenziwa ngamaplanga eziziimitha ezingama-20 ukusa kwezingama-30 ukuphakama.

Hundreds of wooden countertops are laden with such vegetables as cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, eggplants, squashes, string beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, yams, and various types of lettuce.
Kukho amakhulukhulu eekhawuntara zamaplanga ezinemifuno enjengekhaphetshu, iminqathe, iicucumber, iieggplants, amaceba, iimbotyi, iibhatata, iitumato, iiyams, neendidi ngeendidi zelethasi.

Finally, after a dinner of cooked yams, we go to bed.
Emva kokuba sifumene isidlo seeyam sangokuhlwa saya kulala.