bandya

Saramaccan

Etymology

Probably from Kongo lu-baánsi (“rib, side”), from Proto-Bantu *-banja (“ribe, side of body”).[1] Cognate of Kwinti bandya, Aukan bánsa, Sãotomense bansa.

Noun

bandya

  1. side
  2. ribs

Preposition

bandya

  1. beside

Derived terms
  • bandyayesi

References
  1. Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428
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