petepete

Kituba

Adjective

petepete

  1. tender

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo pete-pete.

Adjective

petepete

  1. soft
  2. weak

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo pete-pete (“soft, flabby, slimy”)[1] and Yoruba pẹtẹpẹtẹ (“mud”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /petepete/, [pɪ̞tɪ̞pɪ̞tɪ̞], [pe̝te̝pe̝te̝]

Ideophone

petepete

  1. Signifies soaking wetness

Descendants

  • Aukan: petepete
  • Saramaccan: pɛtɛ, pɛtɛpɛtɛ, pɛ́tɛpɛtɛ, pɛtɛɛ

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 451
  2. ^ G. Huttar (1985), “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎[1], →ISSN, page 56
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