spuku

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• spoekoe (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spuk (or alternatively from Dutch spook with subsequent influence from German).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspu.ku/

Noun

spuku

1. ghost, spirit, spectre [from early 19th c.]

Further reading

• H. C. Focke, "Spóekoe", Neger-Engelsch Woordenboek, 1855.