bakafutu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Compound of baka (“back”) +‎ futu (“foot”). Possibly a calque of Gun afɔgodo (“heel”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bakaˈfutu/, [ba̠ka̠ˈfutu], [bɑ̟kɑ̟ˈfutu]

Noun

bakafutu

  1. (anatomy) heel (The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg)

Derived terms

  • bakafutubanya

References

  1. ^ Margot van den Berg (2015), “Morphology, cross-linguistic effects, and creole formation”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 218
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