lawur

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /láː.wúɽ/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [láː.wʊ́ɽ]

Noun

lāwúr m

(obsolete or dialectal, chiefly of Sokoto) sweet potato

Synonyms

dànkalī̀ m
kūdaku, kūdàkū

Descendants

→ Ikulu: àláwúr

References

Charles Henry Robinson, Dictionary of the Hausa language, volume 1 (1913)
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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