dankali
See also: daŋkali
Fula
Etymology
From Hausa dankali.
Noun
dankali
- sweet potato
Usage notes
- Used in Nigerian Fulfulde.?
- Used in Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde.?
Synonyms
- kudaku
- masaku
Hausa
FWOTD – 8 June 2015
Noun
dànkalī̀ m (possessed form dànkalìn)
- a potato, especially a sweet potato
Synonyms
- kūdaku, kūdàkū
- lāwúr (Sokoto dialect)
Descendants
- → Berom: dànkál
- → Bura: daŋkali
- → Kanuri: dangàli
- → Longuda: daŋkali
- → Peere: daŋkale
- → Wandala: daŋkali
References
- 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