ku, noun
/kuː/
- Forms:
- Also koo.
- Origin:
- KhoikhoiShow more Khoikhoi !ko, !koo, !ku, !kuu, the name of a plant. Despite Pettman’s contention (see quotation 1913), ‘ku’ is etymologically unrelated to the word kambro.
obs. except in historical contexts
The tuberous plant Fockea edulis of the Asclepiadaceae; also called kambro.
1795 C.R. Hopson tr. of C.P. Thunberg’s Trav. II. 102Besides the above-mentioned plant called Kon or Gunna, they use two others, viz. one called Kamekà, or Barup, which is said to be a large and watery root; and another called Ku, which is likewise..a large and succulent root.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 316!Ku(u), Fockea edulis...Tuber up to 2 ft in diameter...In former days were eaten by the Hottentots who knew the species by the above vernacular name.
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