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bobimofo

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Compound of bobi (“breast, boob”) +‎ mofo (“mouth”); possibly a calque of Kwa and Gur languages,[1] such as Twi Akan nufuano.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bobimofo/, [bʊ̞bimʊ̞fʊ̞], [bɔ̝bimɔ̝fɔ̝]

Noun

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bobimofo

  1. nipple
  2. pacifier

References

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  1. ^ George L. Huttar, James Essegbey, Felix K. Ameka (2007), “Gbe and other West African sources of Suriname creole semantic structures: implications for creole genesis”, in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, →ISSN, page 62
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