Bagansiyapiyapi

== Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === Possibly from Malay Bagansiapiapi, which was an important fishing port of the then-Dutch East Indies in the 1920s and 1930s; reminiscent of bagasi (“luggage; stuff”) and yapiyapi (“monkey”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈɡans(i)jap(i)japi/, [ba̠ˈɡa̠ns(i)ja̠p(i)ja̠pi], [bɑ̟ˈɡɑ̟ns(i)jɑ̟p(i)jɑ̟pi] === Proper noun === Bagansiyapiyapi (figuratively) Timbuktu, Outer Mongolia, Faroffistan (any proverbially distant or remote place) === References === J.C.M. Blanker; J. Dubbeldam (2010) [2005], Prisma woordenboek Sranantongo. Prisma wortubuku fu Sranantongo (overall work in Dutch and Sranan Tongo), Houten: Unieboek, →ISBN, page 39