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bigiman

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From bigi (“big”) +‎ -man. Compare Maroon Spirit Language bigiman (“ancestor”)[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biɡiˈmaŋ/, /biɡiˈman/, [biɟiˈma̠ŋ], [bijiˈmɑ̟ŋ]

Noun

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bigiman

  1. adult

References

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  1. ^ Kenneth M. Bilby (1983) “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the Creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 73.
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