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fulufulu
a word from vocabulary
Saramaccan
by
Jeff Good
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Word form
fulufulu
LWT meaning(s)
soft
Word meaning
soft, spongy
Comments on word
This word looks formally reduplicated, but there is no obvious reduplicative base.
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Bantu Stratum [36] (1650–1800)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Comments
The tonal match between the Saramaccan word and the proposed source word is imperfect, and the semantic match is not precise.
Source words
fúlu-fúlu
'loose (soil)'
Loango
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Loango Bantu contact [36]
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