bigiman

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From bigi (“big”) +‎ -man. Compare Maroon Spirit Language bigiman (“ancestor”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biɡimaŋ/, /biɡiman/, [biɟimã̠ŋ], [bijimɑ̟ŋ]

Noun

bigiman

  1. adult

References

  1. ^ Kenneth M. Bilby (1983) “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the Creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 73.
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