fodu

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fodu/, [fʊ̞du], [fɔ̝du]

Etymology 1

Probably from Ewe vodú (“voodoo god”), Fon vodún (“voodoo god”).[1] Cognate of English voodoo.

Noun

fodu

  1. snake deity
  2. magic, sorcery

Etymology 2

From Dutch vod (“rag”).

Noun

fodu

  1. rag, tatters

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 474.
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