Chamba Daka

Noun

kudaku

1. sweet potato

References

1. ↑ Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past (ISBN 0759104662, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato

Fula

Etymology

From Hausa kudaku

Noun

kudaku

1. sweet potato

Usage notes

• Used in Nigerian Fulfulde.?

• Used in Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde.?

Synonyms

• dankali
• masaku

Hausa

Noun

kūdaku, kūdàkū m

1. potato, sweet potato

Synonyms

• dànkalī̀ m
• lāwúr (Sokoto dialect)

Descendants

• 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

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 0759104662, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato

Japanese

Romanization

kudaku

1. rōmaji reading of くだく