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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/, ,
Proper noun
Bagansiyapiyapi
- (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