yema

From Latin gemma.

yema f (plural yemes)

1. yolk (yellow of egg)

Borrowed from Spanish yema, from Latin gemma.

• Hyphenation: ye‧ma

yema

1. A sweet custard candy ball made with egg yolks and condensed milk.

• yemas

Borrowed from Spanish yema, from Latin gemma (“bud of a plant, gemstone”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjema/

yema f (plural yemas)

1. yolk

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎, CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 286

yèma

1. (Ga'anda) water

• yème (Gabin)

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:

  Ga'anda yèma [Zima], Gabin yème [Zima]

yema

1. who

Inherited from Latin gemma.

yema f

1. yolk (of an egg)
   • 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario fol. 22v:

     Et su color es assi como yema de ueuo.

     And its colour is similar to that of egg yolk.

2. bud, shoot

• Spanish: yema

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

-yéma

1. to stop

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From Old Spanish yema, inherited from Latin gemma. Doublet of gema.

• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: ye‧ma

yema f (plural yemas)

1. yolk (of an egg)

   Le quité las yemas a los huevos antes de mezclarlos en el guacamole.

   I removed the yolk from the eggs before mixing them in the guac.

2. tip (of a finger)

   Ponga la yema de su pulgar sobre la superficie.

   Please put the tip of your thumb on the surface.

3. (botany) bud; shoot

   Synonyms: botón, retoño, brote, vástago, pimpollo

• pan de yema
• yema del dedo

• → Catalan: gema (dialectal, Castilianism)
• → Cebuano: yema

• “yema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

yema

1. water

• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes