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FanAttick
2022-08-21 21:50:46
Very Enlightening
1. Bommo = Cloth used as menstrual pad in ancient Akan.
2. Abe = Palm Tree or Palm nut.
3. Aben = Flute
4. Ananse = Spider
5. Odum = Hardwood Tree
6. Afu = Farm
7. Adru = Herbal Medicine
8. Kokobe = Leprosy
9. Bafan = Crawler
10. Opete = Vulture
11. Patu = Owl
12. Nyam = Grind
13. Mumu = Dummy
StumpCam
2022-08-21 22:06:24
In reply to FanAttick
4. Ananse
8. Kokobe
Heard the 2 growing up in Guyana!
black
2022-08-21 22:07:51
In reply to FanAttick
8. Kokobe = Leprosy
Guyanese say kokobeh
black
2022-08-21 22:08:59
In reply to StumpCam
Nansey spider. 
black
2022-08-22 13:25:31
In reply to FanAttick
Nyam = Grind
Nyam guh weh.
doosra
2022-08-22 15:09:42
In reply to StumpCam
no one neva call yuh a mumu? 
black
2022-08-22 15:25:51
In reply to doosra
I know about munu....as in cunumunu.
I haven't heard about mumu.
doosra
2022-08-22 15:30:46
In reply to black
yep i have heard it up country '
dont be a mumu - didn't know it means dummy
CWWeekes
2022-08-22 16:37:25
I see, a little Bommo became a big Bumbo.
StumpCam
2022-08-22 16:43:57
In reply to doosra
I would have thought “dutty” was Indian in origin, hence “dig dutty”
doosra
2022-08-22 16:48:44
In reply to StumpCam
I think in that context dutty means earth and not Kerr yuh dutty self
StumpCam
2022-08-22 17:05:11
In reply to doosra
I get that, but why do Indians/Hindus in Guyana have a ceremonial “dig dutty “ ???
doosra
2022-08-22 17:11:15
In reply to StumpCam
i will get a pandit for you
would that help to answer your question? 
