"kukunduku" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /kú.kú.ŋ̀.dù.kú/ Forms: kúkúǹdùkú [canonical], kúkúǹdùnkún [alternative]
Etymology: From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”). * Compare Nupe dùkú Etymology templates: {{bor|yo|ha|kudaku|kūdaku, kūdàkū|sweet potato}} Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”), {{cog|nup|dùkú}} Nupe dùkú Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=kúkúǹdùkú|head2=}} kúkúǹdùkú, {{yo-pos|noun|kúkúǹdùkú|}} kúkúǹdùkú, {{yo-noun|kúkúǹdùkú}} kúkúǹdùkú
  1. sweet potato Categories (lifeform): Vegetables Synonyms: ànàmọ́, ọ̀dùnkún, òdùkú, ẹ̀dùnmụ̀sín
    Sense id: en-kukunduku-yo-noun-EaM2Blat Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ha",
        "3": "kudaku",
        "4": "kūdaku, kūdàkū",
        "5": "sweet potato"
      },
      "expansion": "Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "dùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe dùkú",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).\n* Compare Nupe dùkú",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kúkúǹdùkú",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúkúǹdùnkún",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "kúkúǹdùkú",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kúkúǹdùkú",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "kúkúǹdùkú",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kúkúǹdùkú",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kúkúǹdùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "kúkúǹdùkú",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Vegetables",
          "orig": "yo:Vegetables",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweet potato"
      ],
      "id": "en-kukunduku-yo-noun-EaM2Blat",
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet potato",
          "sweet potato"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ànàmọ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ọ̀dùnkún"
        },
        {
          "word": "òdùkú"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹ̀dùnmụ̀sín"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kú.kú.ŋ̀.dù.kú/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kukunduku"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ha",
        "3": "kudaku",
        "4": "kūdaku, kūdàkū",
        "5": "sweet potato"
      },
      "expansion": "Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "dùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe dùkú",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).\n* Compare Nupe dùkú",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kúkúǹdùkú",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúkúǹdùnkún",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "kúkúǹdùkú",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kúkúǹdùkú",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "kúkúǹdùkú",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kúkúǹdùkú",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kúkúǹdùkú"
      },
      "expansion": "kúkúǹdùkú",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba nouns",
        "Yoruba terms borrowed from Hausa",
        "Yoruba terms derived from Hausa",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "yo:Vegetables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweet potato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet potato",
          "sweet potato"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ànàmọ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ọ̀dùnkún"
        },
        {
          "word": "òdùkú"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹ̀dùnmụ̀sín"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kú.kú.ŋ̀.dù.kú/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kukunduku"
}

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