saphie
English
Etymology
From Mandinka safaye.
Noun
saphie (plural saphies)
- A West African talisman or charm.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 12:
- These saphies were the repositories of fetishes, charms against calamity: a pickled ring finger was considered proof against the bite of the puff adder […]
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 12:
Anagrams
- paiseh