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agidya

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Probably from Ewe dzridzá (“hedgehog”), Fon àjijá (“hedgehog”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈɡid͡ʒa/, /aˈɡiɟa/, [a̠ˈɟid͡ʒa̠], [ɑ̟ˈjid͡ʒɑ̟]

Noun

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agidya

  1. Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis
    Synonym: dyindyamaka

References

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  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 466.
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