tyubun

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

  • tjoeboen (superseded)

Etymology

Probably from Kongo kiùbúka / kiubu / kiubuku ("ideophone for swallowing; jumping about in water").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈbuŋ/, /cuˈbun/, [t͡ʃuˈbũŋ], [t͡ʃuˈbuŋ]

Ideophone

tyubun

  1. Signifies splashing

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 458
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