kukunduku

kukunduku

See also: kúkúndùkú

Igbo

Etymology

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

Noun

kukunduku^?

1. (Onitsha) sweet potato

References

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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Southeast Ijo

Etymology

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

Noun

kukunduku

1. (Nembe dialect) sweet potato

References

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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Yoruba

Kúkúǹdùkú

Alternative forms

• kúkúǹdùnkún

Etymology

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

• Compare Nupe dùkú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kú.kú.ŋ̀.dù.kú/

Noun

kúkúǹdùkú

1. sweet potato

   Synonyms: ànàmọ́, ọ̀dùnkún, òdùkú, ẹ̀dùnmụ̀sín

References

• 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