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Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Kongo ǹ-kúlu (“ancestors, the dead”), from Proto-Bantu *-kudu (“adult, senior”).[1] Cognate of Saramaccan bakúlu (“lower god, dwarf ghost”), Aukan bakuú (“evil spirit”). Compare English baccoo
Noun[edit]
bakru
- An evil forest spirit represented as a ghost-like little man with a big head