dankali

See also: daŋkali

Fula

Etymology

From Hausa dankali.

Noun

dankali

sweet potato

Usage notes

Used in Nigerian Fulfulde.?
Used in Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde.?

Synonyms

Hausa

FWOTD – 8 June 2015

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dàn.ká.lìː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dàŋ.kə́.lìː]

Noun

dànkalī̀ m (possessed form dànkalìn)

a potato, especially a sweet potato

Synonyms

kūdaku, kūdàkū
lāwúr (Sokoto dialect)

Descendants

→ Berom: dànkál
→ Bura: daŋkali
→ Kanuri: dangàli
→ Longuda: daŋkali
→ Peere: daŋkale
→ Wandala: daŋkali

References

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

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