kromanti

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

Named after Fort Cormantin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kroˈman.ti/

Adjective

kromanti

1. magical, pertaining to rituals for summoning ancestral spirits
2. African (originating from Africa)

Noun

kromanti

1. the Akan language (spoken by enslaved people arriving from the Gold Coast)
   • 1983, Aleks de Drie, Wan tori fu mi eygi srefi, Afdeling Cultuurstudies van het Ministerie van Onderwijs, Wetenschappen & Cultuur, page 122:

     Ma a dyuka, a tongo fu dyuka dati na kromanti a e taki.

     But the Ndyuka people, the Ndyuka language that they speak is Akan.

Synonyms

• kromantitongo

Derived terms

• kromanti-obia
• kromantibui
• kromantifrei
• kromantikankan
• kromantikopi
• kromantitongo
• kromantiwinti
• kromantiwiwiri