From root: kamote
Usage Note
Kamotehan refers to a plot of land or a farm specifically used for growing sweet potatoes. It is commonly found in agricultural or rural provinces.
Examples
" Puno ng damo ang kamotehan. "
Natural Translation
The sweet potato field is full of weeds.
Literal Translation
Full of weeds the sweet-potato-field.
" Nagbungkal sila ng lupa sa kamotehan. "
Natural Translation
They tilled the soil in the sweet potato field.
Literal Translation
Tilled they of soil in the sweet-potato-field.
" Pagkatapos ng bagyo, kinailangan naming linisin ang kamotehan dahil natabunan ng putik ang mga tanim. "
Natural Translation
After the storm, we had to clean the sweet potato field because the crops were buried in mud.
Literal Translation
After of storm, needed by-us clean the sweet-potato-field because buried by mud the plants.
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