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dànkálìi
a word from vocabulary
Hausa
by
Ari Awagana
and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Doris Löhr
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Word form
dànkálìi
LWT meaning(s)
the sweet potato
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Pre-modern Islamic [4] (1000–1900)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
dangali, dankali, dangari, tdangali,... (Kanuri, W.Cha., Biu-Mandara) Sahelia dankali (Arabic) Skinner 96 dinnic¥- (Cushitic, Eth. Semitic) *dankal- /*dankul- „bean“
Source words
dankali
'sweet potato'
Arabic
Effect
Insertion
Salience
No information
Contact situation
Arabic Islamic [4]
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