cokali

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamasheq cokkol (“wooden spoon”), ultimately from Spanish cuchara, or perhaps Portuguese colher.

Noun

cōkàlī m (plural cōkulā̀, possessed form cōkàlin)

1. spoon

   Synonym: (dialectal) cibi

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.