emu

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + mu (“to be tasty”).


lulu

lulupínci

thread; spun cotton; one who spins cotton

luluyàci

picked cotton; one who picks seeds out of cotton


elo

Parkia biglobosa
Parkia biglobosa#Translingual


edzo

From e- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dzò (“to plant”).


edzo

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dzó (“to play”).


eso

Sesamum indicum
Sesamum indicum#Translingual


dara

Tamarindus indica
Tamarindus indica#Translingual


yaba

→ Hausa: àyàbà

→ Bura: àyàbà

→ Dendi: àyàbà

→ Boko: ayaba


lemu

From Hausa lḕmō, ultimately from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn).


ebe

Erythrocebus patas
Erythrocebus patas#Translingual


koci

Clipping of ekòci, from ekò (“shea nut kernel”) + -ci (“agent suffix”).

Vitellaria paradoxa
Vitellaria paradoxa#Translingual


yaka

Capsicum frutescens
Capsicum frutescens#Translingual


eci

From Proto-Nupoid *iti. Cognates include Asu eci, Dibo eci, Gupa-Abawa itsi, Kakanda iti, Kupa ici.

yam (general term) (Dioscorea)
yellow Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata)


muci

From èmu (“baobab fruit”) + -ci (“agent suffix”).

Adansonia digitata
Adansonia digitata#Translingual


gusa

Bambusa vulgaris
Bambusa vulgaris#Translingual


duku

From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).
* Compare with Yoruba kúkúǹdùkú, ọ̀dùnkún

cog

kúkúǹdùkú, ọ̀dùnkún


alubasa

From Hausa albasa, from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal). Compare Yoruba àlùbọ́sà, àlùbásà, and Gun àlùbásà.

àlùbọ́sà, àlùbásà


yabako

From yàbà (“banana”) + -kó (“augmentative suffix”), literally “big banana”.


guzhiya

Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea#Translingual


lemuko

From lèmú (“orange; lime”) + -kó (“augmentative suffix”).


emi dzuru

/ē.mĩ́ d͡zú.ɾú/

From emí (“oil”) + dzúrú (“red”), literally “red oil”.


yikunnuci

yìkunuci (canonical)
yìkunnucizhì (plural)

From yìkunnu (“palm fruit”) + -ci (“agent suffix”).

af

Elaeis guineensis
Elaeis guineensis#Translingual


gbaci

Clipping of ègbàci, from ègbà (“deleb palm fruit”) + -ci (“agent suffix”).

Borassus aethiopum (African palmyra palm)


yakako

From yaká (“chili pepper”) + -kó (“augmentative suffix”), literally “large chilli pepper”.

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual


yilanci

yìlàn̄ci (canonical)
yìlàn̄cizhì (plural)

From yìlà (“ackee fruit”) + -ci (“agent suffix”).


kpansannako

kpàǹsánnákó (canonical)
kpàǹsánnákózhì (plural)

From kpàǹsánná (“corn stalk”) + -kó (“augmentative suffix”).


ewogici

/ē.wó.ɡí.t͡ʃī/

bitter cola (Garcinia kola), used for cough medicine


lubasa

Clipping of àlùbása. See there for more.


emagi

Hibiscus sabdariffa
Hibiscus sabdariffa#Translingual


yikunnu kpota

From yìkunnu (“oil palm”) + kpótá (“six hundred”).