mutete

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo ǹ-tete / mu-tete ("carrier basket").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muˈtete/, [muˈtɪ̞tɪ̞], [muˈte̝te̝]

Noun

mutete

  1. basket

Descendants

  • Aukan: muteté
  • Saramaccan: mutete

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015), “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) 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 448
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