bangulá

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Etymology

Probably from Kongo báángúla (“to force (open), to break open, to pull down, to disclose”), from Proto-Bantu *-bang-ud (“to open up”).[1] Cognate of Aukan bangula.

Adjective

bangulá

  1. reckless

Ideophone

bangulá

  1. Signifies walking drunkenly, to sway

Noun

bangulá

  1. (Matawai) nonsense[2]

Verb

bangulá

  1. to trick, to cheat

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 427
  2. ^ Chris de Beet, Miriam Sterman (1981) People in between: the Matawai Maroons of Suriname‎, Meppel: Krips Repro, page 263
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