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Loango
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Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Probably from srn kg Luangu Kingdom of Loango Loango. Norval Smith A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles nl Pieter Muysken P. Muysken, N. Smith Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund Berlin De Gruyter Mouton 2015 438 9783110343854
Pronunciation
Proper noun
srn proper noun
srn historical an ethnic identifier applied to some people of African descent in Suriname 18th 19th c.
srn 1856 Deutsch-negerenglisches Wörterbuch. Nebst einem Anhang, negerenglische Sprüchwörter enthaltend German-Negro English dictionary. Containing, in addition to an appendix, Negro English proverbs Heinrich Wullschlägel Löbau J.U. Duroldt 323 https://books.google.nl/books?id=HhkOAAAAIAAJ Loango si pop'ki, a taki, da Gado. If a Loango person sees a puppet, he'll say it's God.
Derived terms
srn loangobanya loangotitei loangotutu Loango-winti
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