fugufugu

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

  • foegoefoegoe (superseded)

Etymology

Probably from Yaka fúkú-fúku (“loose soil”), from Proto-Bantu *-puk- (“dig”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuɡuˈfuɡu/

Adjective

fugufugu

  1. loose, shifting (of sand)
  2. woolly
  3. hairy (of animals)
    • 1996, H. C. Tiendalli, M. Nickel, Leisi Boekoe na ini Sranan Tongo‎[1], 3rd edition, Paramaribo, Suriname: Instituut voor Taalwetenschap, page 34:
      Omoe Mani abi wan dagoe, a foegoefoegoe.
      [Omu Mani abi wan dagu, a fugufugu.]
      Uncle Mani has a dog, he is hairy.

References

  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “fugufugu”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
  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 432
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