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kamote

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog kamote, from Mexican Spanish camote (sweet potato), from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.

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Noun

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kamote (plural kamotes)

  1. (Philippines) Alternative form of camote

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish camote (sweet potato), from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.

Noun

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kamote

  1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  2. the tuber of this plant

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish camote (sweet potato), from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈmote/ [kaˈmo.te]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mo‧te

Noun

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kamote (Basahan spelling ᜃᜋᜓᜆᜒ)

  1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  2. the tuber of this plant
  3. (informal) failure, botched attempt
    Synonym: kalabasa

Adjective

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kamote (Basahan spelling ᜃᜋᜓᜆᜒ)

  1. (informal) stupid
    Synonyms: patal, palpal, pulpol, pangol, bobo, boba, tonto, tonta

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish camote (sweet potato), from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧mo‧te
  • IPA(key): /kaˈmote/ [kɐˈmo.t̪e]

Noun

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kamote

  1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  2. the tuber of this plant
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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish camote (sweet potato), from Classical Nahuatl camohtli. The sense about performing badly is possibly an expression suggesting students should instead plant potatoes, or possibly a play on the word kamot (scratch), about scratching one's head when not knowing what to do. However, some sources state that this sense already exists as part of Spanish slang. See also Hokkien 大番薯 (tōa-han-chî), Cantonese 大番薯 (daai6 faan1 syu4-2), Hakka 大番薯.

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kamote (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓᜆᜒ)

  1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  2. the tuber of this plant
  3. (slang) act of performing badly on a task
  4. (slang, by extension) a driver with little or no regard for the rules of the road

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Adjective

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kamote (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓᜆᜒ)

  1. (slang) puzzled; unable to figure out how to resolve a problem or a task

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Descendants

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  • Hokkien: ka-mú-tī

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Further reading

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  • kamote”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 104

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