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nyam

nyam verb: to eat.

Verb

nyam (third-person singular simple present nyams, present participle nyamming, simple past and past participle nyammed)

  1. (Jamaica) To eat.

Proper noun capitalized: Nyam

Nyam

  1. An Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria.
    Synonyms:
    Nyambolo

Synonyms of nyam

Forms of nyam

third-person singular presentnyams
present participlenyamming
past participlenyammed
pastnyammed

Questions about nyam

What does nyam mean?
Nyam means to eat.
What part of speech is nyam?
Nyam can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of nyam?
The past tense of nyam is nyammed.

Words near nyam in the dictionary

  1. nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah
  2. Nyah West
  3. Nyakyusa
  4. nyala
  5. nyalas
  6. nyam
  7. nyama choma
  8. Nyambolo
  9. nyami
  10. nyamis
  11. nyamivirus

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