Meaning
Yam roasted over an open fire or coals until the skin chars and the inside turns soft and smoky — a roadside and country favourite, classically split open, spread with butter, and eaten with a piece of roast saltfish. Roadside vendors roast yam and saltfish over a drum fire, and 'roast yam an saltfish' is a beloved cheap, filling meal, especially in yam country like Trelawny.
Examples
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Buy roast yam an saltfish from di roadside.
Buy roast yam and saltfish from the roadside.
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Di yam roast till di skin black.
The yam roasted until the skin charred.
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Butter di roast yam an eat it hot.
Butter the roast yam and eat it hot.
Origin
From 'roast' + 'yam'; fire-roasted yam, classic with roast saltfish. See [[yellow-yam]], [[saltfish]].
How it’s used
Fire-roasted yam, classically with roast saltfish; a roadside favourite. See [[yellow-yam]], [[saltfish]].