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faaka
Ndyuka, a.s.a. Ndjuka and a.k.a. Aukan and Okanisi, is an
English-based creole language spoken in Suriname.
António Martins, 26 Oct 2007
In Ndyuka "flag" is "faaka", according to this on line dictionary, stemming from English "flag".
The compound word "faaka tiki", meaning "flag pole" (litt. and etym. "flag stick"), refers usually to a totem pole, «marking the place where the spirits of the ancestors are appeased». V.t. "faaka" meaning "to haunt" or "to stalk" may stem from this.
This word has also an unrelated homophone, "faaka" meaning "stain" (both v.t. and n.), from English "fleck".
António Martins, 26 Oct 2007Using the
Afaka
script
(created in 1908 and now largely abbandoned).
António Martins, 26 Oct 2007
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