dédekum
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From English there they come, referring to the reflections in the mirror.
Noun
dédekum
- (Maroon Spirit Language, Moore Town) Mirror.
Synonyms
- (Moore Town): yerokúm
- (Scott's Hall) dérokum
- (Charles Town): dadikóm
References
- Bilby, Kenneth (1983). "How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Surname and Sierra Leone". New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 57 (1/2): 37–88.