lawur

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Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

lāwúr m

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, chiefly of Sokoto) sweet potato

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Ikulu: àláwúr

References

  • Charles Henry Robinson, Dictionary of the Hausa language, volume 1 (1913)
  • Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past →ISBN, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato