bilongo

bilongo

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo bi-loóngo, Vili bi-loongu ("medicines, remedies").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biloŋo/, [bilʊ̞ŋʊ̞], [bilɔ̝ŋɔ̝]

Noun

bilongo

  1. (Winti) amulet

Descendants

  • Aukan: bilongo
  • Saramaccan: bióngo

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 428
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