dyugudyugu
Language: Sranantongo · [ˈdʒuɡuˌdʒuɡu] · Pronunciation: JOO-goo-JOO-goo
Meaning
noise, fuss, chaos — everything happening at once
The story
Sranantongo, the creole of Suriname, grew from English roots in the 1650s, before the Dutch swapped New York for the colony and the language went its own way. It likes doubling a word for effect, and dyugudyugu is the din you hear before you see it: a packed market, a birthday with forty cousins. English happens to double up too — hullabaloo.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Sranantongo
- Which feeling does it carry?
- Cheerful chaos
- Where would you hear it?
- A market in full swing, all at once
- What does it mean?
- Everything at once, all mixed up
How it went
Round one, language, was where most points went.
The most common guess for the translation was 'chaos'. Close, but not it.
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