saphie

English

Etymology

From Mandinka safaye.

Noun

saphie (plural saphies)

1. A West African talisman or charm.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 12:

     These saphies were the repositories of fetishes, charms against calamity: a pickled ring finger was considered proof against the bite of the puff adder […]

Anagrams

• paiseh