akansa

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Fon akasá (“porridge”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akansa/, [a̠ka̠nsa̠], [ɑ̟kɑ̟nsɑ̟]

Noun

akansa

  1. maize porridge

References

  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 470.
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