keskesi

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Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Contraction of kesikesi, probably from Ewe kèse (monkey).[1]

Noun

keskesi

  1. collective name for several species of smaller monkeys
    1. tufted capuchin, Cebus apella
    2. wedge-capped capuchin, Cebus olivaceus

Etymology 2

Contraction of kesikesi, possibly from Kari'na and/or Lokono .

Noun

keskesi

  1. sun conure, Aratinga solstitialis

References

  1. ^ 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 470.