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owrukuku

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Dutch

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Noun

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owrukuku m or f (plural owrukuku's)

  1. Alternative spelling of owroekoekoe

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Probably from Ewe ʋlukuku (“owl”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ou̯ɾuˈkuku/, [ʊ̞u̯ɾuˈkuku], [ɔ̝u̯ɾuˈkuku]

Noun

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owrukuku

  1. owl
  2. Ellipsis of owrukukusneki (“common lancehead, Bothrops atrox”).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Dutch: owroekoekoe, owrukuku

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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