kumala - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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kumala

1. (Mpakwithi) sweet potato

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

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kumala

1. sweet potato

kumala

1. sweet potato

• Clark, Ross. (2009). Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages . p. 54.

kumala

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦩꦭ

Cognate with Maori kūmara, Hawaiian ʻuala. Hypothesized to be connected to Quechua kumar; see here for further discussion.

• IPA^(key): /ku.ma.la/

kumala

1. sweet potato