owrukuku

Dutch

Noun

owrukuku m or f (plural owrukuku's)

  1. alternative spelling of owroekoekoe

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Ewe ʋlukuku (“owl”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ou̯ɾukuku/, [ʊ̞u̯ɾukuku], [ɔ̝u̯ɾukuku]

Noun

owrukuku

  1. owl
  2. ellipsis of owrukukusneki (“common lancehead, Bothrops atrox”)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: owroekoekoe, owrukuku

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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