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Yam

🇨🇲 Cameroon Slang
Added Aug 07, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Yam definition 1

Yam (Yam)

"New yam don come (New yam has arrived)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 07, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Yam definition 2

Yam (Tuber)

"New yam (New tuber)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 07, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇨🇲 Cameroon
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Yam 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Tuber crop (Tuber crop)

"New yam don come (New yam has arrived)"
Yama 🇿🇲 Zambia

Nice/good (from 'nyama' - meat)

"Iyi ni yama (This is nice)"

🇨🇲 About Cameroon Slang

Cameroonian slang bridges French and English with Camfranglais, a unique urban fusion language born in Yaoundé and Douala that mixes both official languages with local vernacular.

KASINARY has 1846 Cameroon slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Yam" Across Africa

This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Yam 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Tuber crop (Tuber crop)

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