gengen

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Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Kongo ngéngéngéé (“ting-a-ling; ringing”), from Proto-Bantu *-gengede (“bell”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒend͡ʒeŋ/, /ˈɟenɟen/, ,

Noun

gengen

  1. bell
    • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 94:
      Grɛ̨nya na goro, / Ma Aisa ɛ loi ɛ̨ŋg dyɛ̨ndyɛ̨n, / Papa-umą ɛ̨ŋ seki ɛ̨ŋ saka.
      please add this translation if you can / Mother Aisa is ringing her bell / The Papa-spirit woman is shaking her rattle
    • 1953 July 18, Albert Helman, “Fos'tem-tori ”, in Het Nieuws‎, Paramaribo: A.J. Morpurgo, page 6:
      So, a–was' en tongo feerie / no–mo di a hopo stem, / alla liebi–soema skreki / fa a bari lek' djendjen (.)
      So, although his tongue was filed / the moment he raised his voice / all people got startled / by how he made a noise like a bell
    • 1976, Edgar Cairo, Kollektieve schuld, of wel Famir'man-sani. ‎, Baarns/The Hague/Brussels: Het Wereldvenster/NOVIB/NCOS, →ISBN, page 163:
      Wenk'o, mi no jere gengen!
      Girl, I didn't hear the bell!
  2. telephone
    Synonyms: teilefown, konkrutitei, kari

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 433

Vurës

Etymology

Reduplication of gen.

Pronunciation

Noun

gengen

  1. (staple) food (whether cooked or uncooked)
  2. dish, meal; prepared food

References

  1. ^ Catriona Malau (September 2021) “gengen”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 71
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