neku

Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

neku

  1. feminine accusative singular of neki

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo ǹ-néku (“poison”)[1] and Kari'na ineku (“Lonchocarpus chrysophyllus”)[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneku/, [ˈnɪ̞ku], [ˈne̝ku]

Noun

neku

  1. Lonchocarpus chrysophyllus (a liana species)
  2. a poison extracted from the roots of Lonchocarpus chrysophyllus, which is added to fishing waters to bring fish to the surface
  3. Alexa imperatricis (a flowering plant)[3]

Derived terms

  • neku-udu

Descendants

  • Aukan: nekó
  • Saramaccan: ndéku
  • → Dutch: nekoe

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 449
  2. ^ J. van Donselaar (2013), Nicoline van der Sijs, editor, Woordenboek van het Nederlands in Suriname van 1667 tot 1876 [Dictionary of the Dutch Language in Suriname from 1667 to 1876], Amsterdam; The Hague: Meertens Instituut/Nederlandse Taalunie, →ISBN, page 160.
  3. ^ Charlotte I.E.A. van ’t Klooster; Jan C. Lindeman; Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs (2003), Index of vernacular plant names of Suriname (BLUMEA Supplement), number 15, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Universiteit Leiden branch, →ISBN, page 82.
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