kudaku

Chamba Daka

Etymology

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

Noun

kudaku

  1. sweet potato

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

Fula

Alternative forms
  • 𞤳𞤵𞤣𞤢𞤳𞤵

Etymology

From Hausa kudaku.

Noun

kudaku (Adamawa)

  1. sweet potato

Usage notes

Synonyms

Hausa

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

Noun

kūdaku, kūdàkū m

  1. potato, sweet potato

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  • 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

Romanization

kudaku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くだく

Zarma

Etymology

Probably from Hausa kūdaku.

Noun

kudaku

  1. sweet potato
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