kúkúndùkú

See also: kukundùkú and kukunduku

Izon

Etymology

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

Noun

kúkúndùkú

  1. (Kolokuma 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

Yoruba

Etymology

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

Noun

kúkúndùkú

  1. sweet potato

References
  • Sam 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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