lawur

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lāwúr m

1. (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