opete

Dutch

Verb

opete

  1. (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause present subjunctive of opeten

Anagrams

Maroon Spirit Language

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Sranan Tongo opete.

Noun

opete

  1. vulture

References

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, pages 37-88

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Twi Akan ɔpɛtɛ (“vulture”).[1] Compare Maroon Spirit Language opete.

Noun

opete

  1. vulture
    • 1961, Michaël Slory, ““Sarka – Gi Yomo Kenyata (Kenya)” [Bitter struggle – For Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya)]”, in Sarka / Bittere strijd‎[2], Amsterdam: Pegasus:
      Fri yu no kan skrifi na / ini den nangra fu den opete.
      Freedom cannot be written / in the clutches of vultures.

References

  1. ^ Melville J. Herskovits and Frances S. Herskovits (1936) Suriname folk-lore‎[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 748
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