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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From earlier hoho, probably from Fon ʁóχò (“twin”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oo/, [ʊ̞ʊ̞], [ɔ̝ɔ̝]

Noun

o-o

  1. twin

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 469.
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