dyodyo

• djodjo (superseded)

Possibly from Fon jɔtɔ (“personal ancestral guardian spirit”) [1][2]

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒo.d͡ʒo/, /ɟo.ɟo/

dyodyo

1. soul, guardian spirit; in the Afro-Surinamese Winti belief system, a male or female spiritual entity linked to the birthplace of an individual who, together with a counterpart of the opposite sex, acts as guardian of this or several individuals
   • c. 1957, Trefossa, gronmama [Earth mother]‎, quoted in Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 50:

     mi a no mi / solanga m' no krari / foe kibri, foe tjari / joe gersi na ini mi djodjo.

     I am not me / as long as I'm not ready / to keep, to carry / your likeness in my soul.

   • 1962, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout, “winti [Wind]”, in soela‎, Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, page 13:

     a mindri liba / d'e drai tron wan kolkoe / a mi ati lanpe / e broko mi djodjo / saka gi doti

     The middle of the river / which revolves into becoming a whirlpool / at my heart's landing / brings down my guardian spirit / for the earth

   • 2005, Leanda Mac-nack, Patricia Sichtman (lyrics and music), “Aisa Mama E Kong”, in Ala Sani Na Fu Wan Ting, performed by Sangrafu:

     Aisa Mama, yu na mi mama / yu bere mu kibri mi te fu kaba / Aisa, na yu na mi masanga / Aisa Mama, yu na mi dyodyo

     Mother Aisa, you are my mother / your womb should harbour me until the end / Aisa, you are my refuge / Mother Aisa, you are my guardian spirit

Is considered synonymous with kra and yeye by some Winti believers.

• kra (“soul, spirit; a spiritual entity who determines an individual's life and returns to its origin upon the individual's death, ceasing interaction with the world of the living”)
• yorka (“soul, spirit, ghost; a spiritual entity specific to an individual who can remain among the living upon the death of the individual, in a benign or malicious manner”)
• sili
• yeye