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Etymology
Probably from Fon dan-gbé (“snake”).[1]
Noun
daguwe
- Synonym of daguwesneki (“boa constrictor”)
1984, Edgar Cairo, “Jonguwenke fu mi dren [Virgin of my dreams]”, in Lelu! Lelu! Het lied der vervreemding, Haarlem: In de Knipscheer, →ISBN, page 786:Mi safu dagwe, / mi moi powisi, / mi pikin watra-mama! / Mi lobi Ana!- My soft boa constrictor / my beautiful black currassow / my little mermaid! / My beloved Ana!
References
- ^ 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 465.