African Words in Bajan
According to the Ethnologue, Bajan has "fewer than 20 lexical items that are traceable to an African origin".
- wunna
- You all from the Igbo word unu, which means You (Plural)
- bim
- Nickname for Barbados, derived from Igbo 'Ndi Ibem' or 'Ibem' meaning 'My people'
- obeah
- From Igbo Obia, 'doctoring, mysticism, or oracle'
- doppy
- From Twi Adope
- Cou-Cou
- Part of the local national dish, but comes from "Fou Fou" in Africa.
- nyam
- (Pronounced "ng-yam") or "Yamm--") which means to eat ravenously or greedily, as in, "Don't yamm- the food like that boy!" – In Manjaku (language spoken in Guinea-Bissau)and in Pulaarit means to chew,(pronounced "nyam") it means chew in Luo (language spoken in East Africa)
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