Fula

Noun

dankali

1. sweet potato

Usage notes

• Used in Nigerian Fulfulde.?

• Used in Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde.?

Synonyms

• kudaku
• masaku

Hausa

Noun

dànkalī̀ m

1. 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 0759104662, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato