bánsa

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Etymology

Probably from Kongo lu-baánsi (“rib, side”), from Proto-Bantu *-banja (“ribe, side of body”). Cognate of Sãotomense bansa, Saramaccan bandya, Kwinti bandya.

Noun

bánsa

  1. side
  2. side of the body above the ribs

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) 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 428
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