Sranan Tongo

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Fon dan-gbé (snake).[1]

Noun

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daguwe

  1. Synonym of daguwesneki (boa constrictor)

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 465.