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Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Probably from Kongo nsala (“lobster, shrimp”),[1] and possibly Awutu asasaw (“lobster”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
sarasara
- shrimp
References
- ^ 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 453
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G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 54