bwasi

Dobu

Noun

bwasi

  1. water

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • Dobu-English Dictionary (1998), compiled by David and Daphne Lithgow based on the work of J. Dixon and R.V. Grant

Duau

Noun

bwasi

  1. water

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

  • gwasi

Etymology

Probably from Kongo wáasi, Bembe bwazi ("leprosy"), from Proto-Bantu *-badi (“scar, leprosy”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwasi/, [bwa̠si], [bwɑ̟si]

Noun

bwasi

  1. lepromatous leprosy

Adjective

bwasi

  1. leprous

Derived terms

  • bwasiman

Descendants

  • Aukan: bwasi
  • Saramaccan: buási

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 430
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