bakabonyo

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Compound of baka (“back”) +‎ bonyo (“bone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bakaboɲo/, [ba̠ka̠bʊ̞ɲʊ̞], [bɑ̟kɑ̟bɔ̝ɲɔ̝]

Noun

bakabonyo

  1. (anatomy) backbone, spine
    • 2013, “Yehovah ’e tyari a lai fu mi ala dei’”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎[1]:
      Di mi gebore na ini 1956, mi ben abi wan siki na den senwetitei fu mi bakabonyo. Dati meki mi no ben man waka bun èn mi ben kisi tra siki tu.
      When I was born in 1956, I had an illness in the neural cord of my spine. Because of that, I couldn't walk properly and I got other illnesses too.
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