tikotiko

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Possibly from Ga and Awutu tikò̱tikò̱.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tikotiko/, [tikʊ̞tikʊ̞], [tikɔ̝tikɔ̝]

Noun

tikotiko

  1. hiccup

Verb

tikotiko

  1. to hiccup

Descendants

  • Aukan: tiko tiko
  • Saramaccan: tekuteku

References

  1. ^ G. Huttar (1985), “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎[1], →ISSN, page 57
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