dédekum
Appearance
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English there they come, referring to the reflections in the mirror.
Noun
[edit]dédekum
- (Maroon Spirit Language, Moore Town) Mirror.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Bilby, Kenneth (1983). "How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Surname and Sierra Leone". New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 57 (1/2): 37–88.