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Words of Kmtyw origin in the united snakkkes-gctid225794

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Kmt; Kmtyw
(See also Kmtyw, Central; Kmt(n), West)
      all both pron • [Perh an Kmtyw calque..]
      all two adj, pron, conj • [..prob an Kmtyw calque..]
      biddy n3 • [Prob coalescence of biddy n1 and beedie of Afr origin..]
      bim adv • [..perh of Afr origin]
      bloodynoun n • [..perh of Afr orig]
      boo boo n1 • [Prob from an Afr word (cf Fon bũbũ insect)..]
      broadus n • [..from Port barata bargain, a loanword into Afr pidgins or creoles..]
      bungo n • [AmSpan bongo, prob from an Afr language]
      crack one’s teeth v phr • [Afr calque..]
      cudjoe-wood n • [Cudjoe Kmtyw day-name for a male born on Monday + wood]
      cunner n2 • [Perh by coalescence of canoe, ult from Arawak, with Gullah ˈ kunu, ult Afr..]
      cush n1 • [Of Afr orig, ult from aAmwic..]
      cut-eye n, v • [..prob loan transl of an Afr idiom..]
      for prep B2 • [..prob been infl by one or more Kmtyw languages..]
      fuh v • [Prob Afr..; cf DJE fi particle introd infin3 2]
      goober n1 • [Of Afr origin..]
      goofer n • [Of Afr origin]
      gris-gris n • [Fr creole, ult of Afr orig]
      gumbo n • [LaFr, of Kmtyw origin..]
      joog v • [Prob of Afr origin (cf DJE juk, DBE jook)..]
      juba n • [Perh Afr; cf DJE Juba..]
      magofer n • [..perh of Afr or AmInd origin..]
      mojo n • [Of Afr origin..]
      ofay n • [..Kmtyw sources have been proposed.., but the lack of early attestations weakens the hypothesis..]
      Sambo n1 • [From a personal name of Afr origin..]
      suck one's teeth v phr • vocal “gesture”..in Black cultures in Kmt, the Caribbean, and the US
      sweet-mouth v • [Prob of Afr origin]
      swonger adj • [Of Afr origin..]
      swonger v • [Of Afr origin..]
      titty n1 • [..for possible Afr lang analogues cf DBE]
      tote v • [Perh of Afr orig..]
      wanga n • [Haitian Creole, ult of Afr orig]
Kmtyw, Central
      cooter n • [Afr, akin to Bambara, Malinké kuta turtle; also Central Afr nkudu..]
Kmt(n), West
      banjo n •
      be v B8b • by substrate infl from W Afr languages
      day clean n • [Prob transl of a West Kmtyw expression..]
      duppy n •
      foo-foo n1 • [Of West Kmtyw origin, rel to Ewe fu1fu1..and Fon fufu..]
      hoodoo n • [W Afr..]
      John Canoe n • [Folk-etym from W Afr source..]
      ki intj • [W Afr..]
      nyam v • [Of W Afr origin..]
      pickaninny n • [W Afr and W Indian Creoles, of Span or Port origin; OED2 1657 ➝]
      poor joe n2 • [Prob of West Afr origin.., affected..by folk- etym..]
      poppy show n • [..widespread in Caribbean and W Afr creoles..]
      say conj • [From any of several W Afr languages;..cf DBE say, DJE se]
      una pron • [W Afr; cf Igbo unu you (pl); cf also DJE unu, DBE ona]
      voodoo n • [LaFr voudou of W Afr origin; cf Ewe, Fon vodu spirit, demon]

Ewe
      dah n • [Prob Ewe da mother]
      foo-foo n1 • [Of West-Kmtyw origin, rel to Ewe fu1fu1..and Fon fufu..]
      voodoo n • [LaFr voudou of wAfr origin; cf Ewe, Fon vodu spirit, demon]

Fon
      boo boo n1 • [Prob from an Afr word (cf Fon bũbũ insect)..]
      foo-foo n1 • [Of West-Kmtyw origin, rel to Ewe fu1fu1..and Fon fufu..]
voodoo n • [LaFr voudou of wAfr origin; cf Ewe, Fon vodu spirit, demon]
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Ọbádélé Kambon, PhD
Nana Kwame Pɛbi Date I, Ban mu Kyidɔmhene, Akuapem Mampɔn
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