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kudaku

Chamba Daka

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Etymology

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

Noun

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kudaku

  1. sweet potato

References

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

Fula

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Hausa kudaku.

Noun

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kudaku (Adamawa)

  1. sweet potato

Usage notes

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Synonyms

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kūdaku, kūdàkū m

  1. potato, sweet potato

Synonyms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Romanization

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kudaku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くだく

Zarma

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Etymology

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Probably from Hausa kūdaku.

Noun

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kudaku

  1. sweet potato
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