kudaku

Contents

Chamba DakaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

kudaku

1. sweet potato

ReferencesEdit

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FulaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Hausa kudaku

NounEdit

kudaku

1. sweet potato

Usage notesEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• dankali
• masaku

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HausaEdit

NounEdit

kūdaku, kūdàkū m

1. potato, sweet potato

SynonymsEdit

• dànkalī̀ m
• lāwúr (Sokoto dialect)

DescendantsEdit

• Chamba Daka: kudaku
• Epie: kukuduku
• Igbo: kukundùkú (Onitsha dialect)
• Izon: kúkúndùkú (Kolokuma dialect)
• Kanuri: kúnduwú
• Nupe: dùkú
• Perema: kùdákúa
• Southeast Ijo: kukunduku (Nembe dialect)
• Tarok: a-kǝtǝku
• Yoruba: kúkúndùkú

ReferencesEdit

• 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

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

kudaku

1. Rōmaji transcription of くだく