bobiwatra

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Compound of bobi (“breast, teat”) +‎ watra (“water”). Possibly a calque of Gun ànɔ́sìn (“breast milk”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbobiwatɾa/, [ˈbʊ̞biwa̠tɾa̠], [ˈbɔ̝biwɑ̟tɾɑ̟]

Noun

bobiwatra

  1. breast milk
    Synonym: bobimerki

References

  1. ^ Margot van den Berg (2015) “Morphology, cross-linguistic effects, and creole formation”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 218
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