Loango

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo Luangu (“Loango”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loaŋo/, [lʊ̞a̠ŋʊ̞], [lɔ̝ɑ̟ŋɔ̝]

Proper noun

Loango

  1. (historical) a member of an Afro-Surinamese ethnic group
    • 1856, Heinrich Wullschlägel, Deutsch-negerenglisches Wörterbuch. Nebst einem Anhang, negerenglische Sprüchwörter enthaltend [German-Negro English dictionary. Containing, in addition to an appendix, Negro English proverbs]‎[1], Löbau: J.U. Duroldt, page 323:
      Loango si pop'ki, a taki, da Gado.
      If a Loango person sees a puppet, he'll say it's God.

Derived terms

  • Loango-winti
  • loangobanya
  • loangotitei
  • loangotutu

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015), “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 438
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