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owroekoekoe

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sranan Tongo owrukuku (“owl”), probably from Ewe ʋlukuku (“owl”).[1]

Noun

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owroekoekoe m or f (plural owroekoekoe's)

  1. (Suriname) Ellipsis of owroekoekoeslang (“common lancehead, Bothrops atrox”).
  2. (Suriname) Synonym of uil (“owl)”)

References

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  1. ^ 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 469.
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