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The word for sweet potato (Ipomoea batata, first attested in English in 1842 Haugen (2009) ) in Southern Uto-Aztecan languages, is derived from the root PSUA *kamawi.

PCN *kamáwi
Proto-Nahuatl *kamoh < *kamow
Nahuatl kamoh- <camoh-tli> "sweet potato / batata, raíz comestible" NAH1:24
Wixárika kamáwi <camávi> "camote de castilla" WIX1:19
Náayeri kamwah <camuaj> "sweet potato / batata, raíz comestible" COR1:16
PSUA: *kamáwi
Eudeve kamá <camá> "calabaza" OPA1:109 Pennington 1981:109
Tepehuán kamaʔb <kama'b> "camote" TEP1:195