dankali

See also: daŋkali

Fula

Etymology

From Hausa dankali.

Noun

dankali

1. sweet potato

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• kudaku
• masaku

Hausa

FWOTD – 8 June 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dàn.ká.lìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dàŋ.kə́.lìː]

Noun

dànkalī̀ m (possessed form dànkalìn)

1. a potato, especially a sweet potato

Synonyms

• kūdaku, kūdàkū
• lāwúr (Sokoto dialect)

Descendants

• → Berom: dànkál
• → Bura: daŋkali
• → Kanuri: dangàli
• → Longuda: daŋkali
• → Peere: daŋkale
• → Wandala: daŋkali

References

• 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