Meaning
The most common Jamaican yam — a large starchy tuber with rough brown skin and firm yellow flesh, boiled and served as part of 'food' (ground provisions) with almost any meal. Filling and slightly earthy, yellow yam is a backbone of the rural and everyday plate; the parish of Trelawny is famous for its yam.
Examples
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Boil some yellow yam fi go wid di fish.
Boil some yellow yam to go with the fish.
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Trelawny yam sweet an firm.
Trelawny yam is tasty and firm.
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Yellow yam full yuh belly good.
Yellow yam fills your belly well.
Origin
From 'yellow' (its flesh) + 'yam' (of West African origin, 'nyami', to eat). See [[yam]], [[grung-provision]].
How it’s used
The common yellow-fleshed yam, boiled as ground provision. See [[yam]], [[yampi]], [[grung-provision]].