dùkú

See also: ɖuku

Nupe

Etymology

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

Noun

dùkú

  1. potato, sweet potato

References
  • A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Nupe Language (1864)
  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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