ọdunkun
Yoruba
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editEtymology
editFrom Hausa kūdaku, cognate with Nupe dùkú, Igbo kukundùkú, Fula kudaku, and Kanuri kúnduwú, of the same etymological root as kúkúndùkú, Doublet of kúkúndùkú
Pronunciation
editNoun
editọ̀dùnkún
- sweet potato, potato
- a species of rodent
- Àbá mi è sọwọn tóko, àbá mi yóò pọ̀dùnkún bọ̀(Èkìtì family oríkì)
- My father does not arrive from the hunting forest in shame, my father will surely kill an odunkun rat home