lawur

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Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

lāwúr m

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly of Sokoto) sweet potato

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Ikulu: àláwúr

References[edit]

  • 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
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