aboma

Any of various other large constrictors, aboma.


dia

Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’

1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore, New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:

Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’


flamingo

Borrowed from Dutch flamingo. (The bird that in English is known as flamingo is known instead as segansi.)

Eudocimus ruber
Eudocimus ruber#Translingual


mope

→ Dutch: mopé

Spondias mombin
Spondias mombin#Translingual


bana

Possibly from Anyi bana or from English banana or Portuguese banana, both possibly from Wolof banaana (“banana”). Cognate of Aukan baana.


aka

medium to large bird of prey; hawk, eagle, etc.


kanari

violaceous euphonia
violaceous euphonia#English


alata

From English rat or borrowed from Spanish rata, or less likely Dutch rat. For the initial vowel, compare alen from English rain and aleisi from Dutch rijs.


dokun

Apocopic form of dokunu, possibly from Abé òdúkō (“dish of banana or tuber and sauce”), Twi Akan ɔ-dɔ̀kóno (“boiled maizebread”). Compare English duckanoo, English ducana.

bor

dokkunnu. Klössel (z.B. von Welschkorn, gelber Bananne, Pinda[)]

1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary], archived from the original on 2023-02-08:

dokkunnu. Dumpling (e.g. of maize, yellow banana, peanut)

A krabdagu taki: - Angri e kiri mi ba. A di mi si yu e nyan, ne mi kon.
Adyuku taki: - We san mi e nyan, mi no sabi efu yu sa nyan en. Na kasaba dokun mi tyari. Efu yu sa nyan en, dan mi sa gi yu.

1975, “Basya Adyuku koni”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 86:

The crab-eating raccoon said: 'I'm starving, brother. When I saw that you're eating, I came over immediately.
Adyuku said: 'I say, I don't know whether you'll want to eat what I'm eating. I brought cassava duckanoo. If you'll eat it, then I'll give it to you.

a sweet treat made of grated cassava (manioc) and cocos, wrapped in a banana leaf and then steamed


puspusi

Borrowed from Dutch poes, either a reduplicated borrowing or inspired by poes poes.


snekfisi

Compound of sneki (“snake”) + fisi (“fish”).


opete

Borrowed from Twi Akan ɔpɛtɛ (“vulture”)

Fri yu no kan skrifi na / ini den nangra fu den opete.

1961, Michaël Slory, ““Sarka – Gi Yomo Kenyata (Kenya)” [Bitter struggle – For Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya)]”, in Sarka / Bittere strijd, Amsterdam: Pegasus:

Freedom cannot be written / in the clutches of vultures.


keskesi

Contraction of kesikesi, probably from Ewe kèse (“monkey”).

collective name for several species of smaller monkeys


dagu

Aukan: dagu

Saramaccan: dágu


Anansi

[ɑ̟ˈnɑ̟̃nsi]

From anansi, from Akan ananse (“spider”).

(mythology) Anansi (trickster spider in West African and Caribbean folklore)


napi

Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea alata#Translingual


sabaku

Egretta thula
Egretta thula#Translingual

Bubulcus ibis
Bubulcus ibis#Translingual

Any of several small white egrets (Egretta alba, Egretta thula, Bubulcus ibis)


doksi

→ Dutch: doks


batyaw

→ Dutch: batjaw

[bɑ̟ˈt͡ʃɑ̟u̯]

Borrowed from Dutch bakkeljauw, from Portuguese bacalhau.


buriki

Aukan: buliki

Saramaccan: bulíki


kabisi

Brassica oleracea var. palmifolia#Translingual

Lacinato kale (Brassica oleracea var. palmifolia)


anansi

[ɑ̟ˈnɑ̟̃nsi]

Borrowed from a West African language, e.g. Akan ananse.


fowru

From English fowl or less likely borrowed from Dutch vogel.


asaw

From Kongo nzau, from Proto-Bantu *njògù.


sekrepatu

Borrowed from Dutch schildpad (“tortoise, turtle”).


ayun

Aukan: ayun

→ Kari'na: ajunu, junu


kapelka

From Dutch kapel (now dialectal or archaic) with an ending -ka of unknown origin and function.


moismoisi

Reduplicated borrowing from Dutch muis. Compare Jamaican Creole musmus.


bonki

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bonki

Borrowed from Dutch boontje, diminutive of boon.


krape

Likely of Amerindian origin, compare Old Tupi karambé. Cognate of Dutch krapé.

Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas#Translingual


waswasi

Reduplicated, from English wasp. Schumann and Focke still have forms corresponding to wasiwasi. Compare Aukan wasiwasi, Saramaccan wasiwási.


segansi

From se + gansi, calque of Dutch zeegans.


kapasi

→ Dutch: kapasie


bambusi

Borrowed from Dutch bamboes, older form of bamboe.


krakun

→ Aukan: kaakun

→ Caribbean Hindustani: krákun

→ Kari'na: karakuna


apresina

Aukan: apeesina

Saramaccan: apeesína


bakba

Aukan: bakuba

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bakwa

Borrowed from Dutch bacove, from Portuguese pacova, from Old Tupi pakoba.


okro

Aukan: okoo

→ Kari'na: okoro

Perhaps from English ochroe (alternative form of okra in the Caribbean).

A ben de so taki wan dei mi mama ben bori okro.

2002, “A dei di mi bron misrefi”, in SIL - Languages of Suriname:

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus#Translingual


sopropo

Momordica charantia
Momordica charantia#Translingual

bitter melon, bitter gourd, the fruit of Momordica charantia


podosiri

Dutch: podosiri

Possibly from Aukan apodo (“Euterpe oleracea”) + siri (“seed”), a partial calque of Aukan apodo sii (“acai”), rebracketed as a (“the”) podosiri.

partial calque

Euterpe oleracea
Euterpe oleracea#Translingual

acai (the fruit of Euterpe oleracea, consumed as pulp, mousse, or juice)


gobogobo

Bambara groundnut
Bambara groundnut#English

Vigna subterranea
Wikispecies:Vigna subterranea

Bambara groundnut (the edible seed of an African plant related to beans, Vigna subterranea, which produces its seeds underground, like peanuts.)


bitawiwiri

Aukan: bita uwíi

Saramaccan: bita uwíi

→ Dutch: bitawiri

Compound of bita (“bitter”) + wiwiri (“leaf”), referring to its bitter taste. First attested in 1740 as bita wirri wirri in the unpublished anonymous manuscript Ontwerp tot Eene Beschryving van Surinaamen [Draft of a description of Suriname].

Cestrum latifolium, the young leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.

nl:Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek


yampaneisitoriman

Compound of Yampaneisi (“Javanese”) + toriman (“any hitchhiker plant”), probably because this plant was traditionally eaten mainly by ethnic Javanese-Surinamese.

com

Bidens pilosa
Bidens pilosa#Translingual


aguma

Possibly from Yoruba ògùmọ̀ (“'a cultivated variety of Solanum nodiflorum”). Compare Jamaican English gouma (“Solanum americanum”), Bahamian English gooma-bush (“Solanum americanum”), Antillean Creole agouman (“Solanum americanum”).

cog

Solanum americanum, the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.


fransmanmope

Compound of Fransman (“Frenchman”) + mope (“hog plum”).

com

Ximenia americana
Ximenia americana#Translingual

mountain plum, sea lemon, yellow plum, seaside plum, tallowwood (Ximenia americana)


dagublat

By surface analysis, dagu (“dog”) + Dutch blad (“leaf”). Cognate of Dutch dagoeblad.

surf

Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">blad</i> (“leaf”)

Ipomoea aquatica
Ipomoea aquatica#Translingual


daguloso

Compound of dagu (“dog”) + loso (“louse”).


uduloso

Compound of udu (“wood”) + loso (“louse”).


daguwesneki

Compound of daguwe (“boa constrictor”) + sneki (“snake”).


krabu

→ Caribbean Hindustani: krabu

→ Caribbean Javanese: krabu

→ Saramaccan: kaábu


krabu

Borrowed from Dutch krabben (“to scratch”).


kruktutere

Aukan: kukutu tee

Compound of kruktu (“crooked”) + tere (“tail”). Saramaccan kúkútúlábu is likely a calque of this term.


lusumbe

From Dutch duizendbeen (now archaic, displaced by duizendpoot), cognate with Papiamentu lisimbein. For the l > d change, compare didon.

centipede (animal of the class Chilopoda)


markusa

→ Dutch: markoesa

Borrowed from Kari'na merekuya and/or Lokono murukuya.