kourpa
Mauritian Creole edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Makhuwa ekhoropa (charcoal).
Noun edit
kourpa
- giant African land snail
References edit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Seychellois Creole edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Makhuwa ekhoropa (“snail”).
Noun edit
kourpa
- giant African land snail
References edit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
- Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.