asege

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Fon zegé (“beetle”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aseɡe/, [a̠sɪ̞ɟɪ̞], [ɑ̟se̝je̝]

Noun

asege

  1. beetle

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe 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 475.
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