opete
Dutch
editVerb
editopete
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editSranan Tongo
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Twi Akan ɔpɛtɛ (“vulture”)[1]
Noun
editopete
- vulture
- 1961, Michaël Slory, ““Sarka – Gi Yomo Kenyata (Kenya)” [Bitter struggle – For Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya)]”, in Sarka / Bittere strijd[2], Amsterdam: Pegasus:
- Fri yu no kan skrifi na / ini den nangra fu den opete.
- Freedom cannot be written / in the clutches of vultures.
References
edit- ^ Melville J. Herskovits and Frances S. Herskovits (1936) Suriname folk-lore[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 748