kukunduku

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See also: kúkúndùkú

Igbo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).[1]

Noun[edit]

kukunduku?

  1. (Onitsha) sweet potato

References[edit]

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

Southeast Ijo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).[1]

Noun[edit]

kukunduku

  1. (Nembe dialect) sweet potato

References[edit]

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

Yoruba[edit]

Kúkúǹdùkú

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kú.kú.ŋ̀.dù.kú/

Noun[edit]

kúkúǹdùkú

  1. sweet potato
    Synonyms: ànàmọ́, ọ̀dùnkún, òdùkú, ẹ̀dùnmụ̀sín

References[edit]

  • Samuel Ajayi Crowther, A vocabulary of the Yoruba language (1852)
  • Dictionary of the Yoruba Language (1913)
  1. ^ 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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