marbonsu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kimbundu madimbondo (“wasps”),[1] possibly via Portuguese marimbondo.[2] Compare Guyanese English marabunta (“Polistes infuscatus”).

Noun

marbonsu

  1. umbrella wasp, any wasp of the genus Polistes

Descendants
  • → Dutch: marabons, maribons

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 442
  2. J. van Donselaar (2013) Nicoline van der Sijs, editor, Woordenboek van het Nederlands in Suriname van 1667 tot 1876 [Dictionary of the Dutch Language in Suriname from 1667 to 1876], Amsterdam, The Hague: Meertens Instituut/Nederlandse Taalunie, →ISBN, page 145.
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