Bagansiyapiyapi

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Possibly from Malay Bagansiapiapi, which was an important fishing port of the then-Dutch East Indies in the 1920s and 1930s; reminiscent of bagasi (“luggage; stuff”) and yapiyapi (“monkey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡans(i)jap(i)japi/, [ba̠ˈɡa̠ns(i)ja̠p(i)ja̠pi], [bɑ̟ˈɡɑ̟ns(i)jɑ̟p(i)jɑ̟pi]

Proper noun

Bagansiyapiyapi

  1. (figuratively) Timbuktu, Outer Mongolia, Faroffistan (any proverbially distant or remote place)

References

J.C.M. Blanker, J. Dubbeldam (2010) [2005] Prisma woordenboek Sranantongo. Prisma wortubuku fu Sranantongo (overall work in Dutch and Sranan Tongo), Houten: Unieboek, →ISBN, page 39

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