ọdunkun
Appearance
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hausa kūdaku, cognate with Nupe dùkú, Igbo kukundùkú, Fula kudaku, and Kanuri kúnduwú, of the same etymological root as kúkúndùkú, Doublet of kúkúndùkú
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ọ̀dùnkún
- 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