also: ジャガタライモ
noun
An older name for the common potato, now largely replaced by ジャガイモ. Still encountered in historical or regional contexts.
See also: ジャガイモ
江戸時代にはジャガタラいもがオランダから伝わった。
In the Edo period, potatoes were introduced from the Netherlands.
この地方では今でもジャガタラいもと呼ぶことがある。
In this region, they still sometimes call them 'jagatara-imo'.
The modern standard word for potato. ジャガタラいも is an older, now rare synonym.
From ジャガタラ (Jakarta, via Dutch) + 芋 (imo, 'potato'), referring to the route through which potatoes were introduced to Japan.