dankali

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See also: daŋkali and Dankali

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Etymology

From Hausa dankali.

Noun

dankali

  1. sweet potato

Usage notes

Synonyms

Hausa

FWOTD – 8 June 2015

Pronunciation

Noun

dànkalī̀ m (possessed form dànkalìn)

  1. a potato, especially a sweet potato

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Descendants

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