singkamas means A barangay of Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog singkamas, from Philippine Spanish síncamas, from Early Modern Spanish jícamas, plural of jícama; from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.
name
- A barangay of Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.
noun
- Synonym of jicama.“If all of the 35 kinds could have been handled by one stand, the average sales for the year would have amounted to P2,904; sales from boiled green corn, singkamas, lanzones, Carabao mango, pineapple, and watermelon would have represented more than two-thirds of the total.”