opete

Dutch

Verb

opete

  1. (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause present subjunctive of opeten

Anagrams

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Twi Akan ɔpɛtɛ (“vulture”)[1]

Noun

opete

  1. 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 vultures.

References
  1. Melville J. Herskovits and Frances S. Herskovits (1936) Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 748
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