bia mbakara

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Efik

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Etymology

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Literally "European yam".[1]

Noun

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biâ ḿbàkárá

  1. sweet potato

References

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  1. ^ Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past →ISBN, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato