Meaning
A long, straight pole or stake driven into the ground for a yam vine to climb, so the yam grows well and the vine stays off the earth. Cutting and setting yam sticks — usually straight young saplings from the bush — is a key task of yam cultivation, and a whole hillside of them marks a yam field.
Examples
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Him gaan a bush fi cut yam-stick.
He went to the bush to cut yam poles.
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Stick di yam-stick dem inna di ground.
Drive the yam poles into the ground.
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Di yam vine climb up di yam-stick.
The yam vine climbs up the pole.
Origin
From 'yam' + 'stick'; the climbing pole for yam vines. See [[yam]], [[grung-provision]].
How it’s used
The pole a yam vine climbs; cutting them is core yam-farming work. See [[yam]], [[yellow-yam]].