From root: kamote
Usage Note
Kinamote refers to a dish, often a snack or side, where the main component is sweet potato prepared in a specific style, like being boiled or sweetened.
Examples
" Matamis ang kinamote ni Nanay. "
Natural Translation
Mother's sweet potato dish is sweet.
Literal Translation
Sweet the sweet-potato-dish of Mother.
" Ang nilaga naming kinamote ay malambot. "
Natural Translation
The dish we boiled with sweet potato is soft.
Literal Translation
The boiled our dish-with-sweet-potato is soft.
" Tuwing hapon, naghahanda ang aming kapitbahay ng mainit na kinamote na ibinebenta niya sa mga dumadaang estudyante. "
Natural Translation
Every afternoon, our neighbor prepares hot sweet potato snacks that she sells to the students passing by.
Literal Translation
Every afternoon, prepares the our neighbor of hot sweet-potato-dish that sells she to the passing students.
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