bakru
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Kongo ǹ-kúlu (“ancestors, the dead”), from Proto-Bantu *-kudu (“adult, senior”).[1] Cognate of Saramaccan bakúlu (“lower god, dwarf ghost”), Aukan bakuú (“evil spirit”). Compare English baccoo
Noun edit
bakru
- An evil forest spirit represented as a ghost-like little man with a big head