fugfug

Gullah

Alternative forms

  • 'fug'fug, fukfuk, 'fuk'fuk

Etymology

From Yoruba fukufuku. Compare Krio fukfúk (“lungs”), Sranan Tongo fokofoko (“lungs”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʌk.fʌk/, /fʌɡ.fʌɡ/

Noun

fugfug

  1. (of an animal) lungs

References

  • Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
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