spuku
Sranan Tongo
/ˈspu.ku/
noun
Definitions
- ghost, spirit, spectre
Etymology
Borrowed from German Spuk (a haunting) borrowed from Dutch, Flemish spook (ghost).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
spook
Gloss
ghost
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spook English
- Spuk German
- spukhaft German
- spoken Dutch, Flemish
- spook Dutch, Flemish
- spookachtig Dutch, Flemish
- spookdier Dutch, Flemish
- spookdorp Dutch, Flemish
- spookhuis Dutch, Flemish
- spookrijder Dutch, Flemish
- spookschip Dutch, Flemish
- spookstad Dutch, Flemish
- spooktrein Dutch, Flemish
- spookverhaal Dutch, Flemish
- spookwoord Dutch, Flemish
- voorspook Dutch, Flemish
- spoke Middle Dutch
- spooc Middle Dutch
- spook Afrikaans