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edekrabasi

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Compound of ede (“head”) +‎ krabasi (“calabash”). Possibly a calque of Gun tàká (“skull”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈedekɾabasi/, [ˈɪ̞dɪ̞kɾa̠ba̠si], [ˈe̝de̝kɾɑ̟bɑ̟si]

Noun

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edekrabasi

  1. skull
    Synonym: dede-ede

References

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  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “edekrabasi”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
  1. ^ Margot van den Berg (2015), “Morphology, cross-linguistic effects, and creole formation”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 218
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