bánsa

Aukan

Etymology

Probably from Kongo lu-baánsi (“rib, side”), from Proto-Bantu *-banja (“ribe, side of body”).[1] Cognate of Sãotomense bansa, Saramaccan bandya, Kwinti bandya.

Noun

bánsa

  1. side
  2. side of the body above the ribs

Derived terms
  • bánsa bón (“rib bone”)

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 428
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