Izon

Noun

kúkúndùkú

1. (Kolokuma dialect) sweet potato

References

1. ↑ Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past (ISBN 0759104662, 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 0759104662, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato