daguwe
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Fon dan-gbé (“snake”).[1]
Noun
[edit]daguwe
- Synonym of daguwesneki (“boa constrictor”)
- 1984, Edgar Cairo, “Jonguwenke fu mi dren [Virgin of my dreams]”, in Lelu! Lelu! Het lied der vervreemding[1], Haarlem: In de Knipscheer, →ISBN, page 786:
- Mi safu dagwe, / mi moi powisi, / mi pikin watra-mama! / Mi lobi Ana!
- My soft boa constrictor / my beautiful black currassow / my little mermaid! / My beloved Ana!
References
[edit]- ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 465.