dankali

== Fula == === Etymology === From Hausa dankali. === Noun === dankali sweet potato ==== Usage notes ==== Used in Nigerian Fulfulde.? Used in Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde.? ==== Synonyms ==== kudaku masaku == Hausa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dàn.ká.lìː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [dàŋ.kə́.lìː] === Noun === dànkalī̀ m (possessed form dànkalìn) 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, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato == Ngizim == === Etymology === Either cognate with or borrowed from Hausa: dankali. === Noun === dànkalî (plural dànkalàlin) sweet potato