English
abeng
Abeng comes from Jamaican Creole abeng ‘an abeng’, and goes back to Akan abɛŋ ‘animal horn’.
- Akanmodernabɛŋ‘animal horn’
- Jamaican Creolemodernabeng‘an abeng’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Akanmodernabɛŋ‘animal horn’
- Jamaican Creolemodernabeng‘an abeng’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Akan abɛŋ
Today it means
noun An animal (usually bull) horn used by the Maroon people of Jamaica as a musical instrument; and also (historical) formerly by slaveholders to summon slaves to canefields and by the Maroon army to communicate cryptic messages over great distances.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Akan abɛŋ / abeng