kudaku

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Chamba Daka[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (sweet potato).[1]

Noun[edit]

kudaku

  1. sweet potato

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past →ISBN, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato

Fula[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hausa kudaku.

Noun[edit]

kudaku (Adamawa)

  1. sweet potato

Usage notes[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kúː.dá.kú, kúː.dà.kúː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷúː.də́.kʷʊ́, kʷúː.də̀.kʷúː]

Noun[edit]

kūdaku, kūdàkū m

  1. potato, sweet potato

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • James F. Schön, Dictionary of the Hausa language (1876)
  • Charles Henry Robinson, Dictionary of the Hausa language, volume 1 (1913)
  • Paul Newman, A Hausa-English Dictionary (2007)
  • Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past →ISBN, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

kudaku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くだく

Zarma[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Hausa kūdaku.

Noun[edit]

kudaku

  1. sweet potato