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mií
a word from vocabulary
Saramaccan
by
Jeff Good
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Word form
mií
LWT meaning(s)
the child(1)
the child(2)
Word meaning
child
Comments on word
This is the form from Rountree et al. 2000. It appears to be shorted from miíi, which they give as ‘baby’.
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Portuguese Stratum [36] (1650–1750)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
See ‘the baby’ for discussion of a similar form.
Source words
menino
'child'
Suriname Portuguese
Effect
Replacement
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Suriname Portuguese contact [36]
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