kudaku

Chamba Daka

Etymology

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

Noun

kudaku

1. sweet potato

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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

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Hausa

Noun

kūdaku, kūdàkū m

1. potato, sweet potato

Synonyms

• dànkalī̀ m
• lāwúr (Sokoto dialect)

Descendants

• → Chamba Daka: kudaku
• → Epie: kukuduku
• → Fula: kudaku
• → Igbo: kukundùkú (Onitsha dialect)
• → Izon: kúkúndùkú (Kolokuma dialect)
• → Kanuri: kunduwu, kúnduwú
• → Nupe: dùkú
• → Perema: kudakua, 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, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato

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Japanese

Romanization

kudaku

1. Rōmaji transcription of くだく