kudaku

Chamba Daka

Etymology

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

Noun

kudaku

1. sweet potato

Fula

Alternative forms

• 𞤳𞤵𞤣𞤢𞤳𞤵

Etymology

From Hausa kudaku.

Noun

kudaku (Adamawa)

1. sweet potato

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• dankali
• masaku

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kúː.dá.kú, kúː.dà.kúː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷúː.də́.kʷʊ́, kʷúː.də̀.kʷúː]

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: kúnduwú
• → Nupe: dùkú
• → Perema: 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

Japanese

Romanization

kudaku

1. Rōmaji transcription of くだく

Zarma

Etymology

Probably from Hausa kūdaku.

Noun

kudaku

1. sweet potato