opete
Dutch
Verb
opete
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of opeten (when using a subclause)
Anagrams
- eet op, ete op, opeet
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Twi Akan ɔpɛtɛ (“vulture”)[1]
Noun
opete
- vulture
- 1961, Michaël Slory, ““Sarka – Gi Yomo Kenyata (Kenya)” [Bitter struggle – For Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya)]”, in Sarka / Bittere strijd, Amsterdam: Pegasus:
- Fri yu no kan skrifi na / ini den nangra fu den opete.
- Freedom cannot be written / in the clutches of the vultures.
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References
- Melville J. Herskovits and Frances S. Herskovits (1936) Suriname folk-lore, New York: Columbia University Press, page 748