d) Compounding #kom produces a variety of names for plantain, including #kondo and #kombo which diffuse through the Bantu area
e) The Portuguese coasting trade diffuses plantains to the West along the coast,
along with the Bantu
name, which appears as #konto and #kodu as far as Senegambia. Another name, #boro,
may also be diffused by the Bantu
f) The name kondoŋ,
borrowed into Fulfulde, is then rediffused back to agricultural societies in West Africa as an irrigated garden crop
Summary of the linguistic evidence for the
history of Musaceae in Africa II