jongan.

/ˈdʒɒŋɡə/

Forms: Also jangga.

Etymology: < Doulla-Bakweri (Cameroons) njaŋga crayfish.

In Jamaica, a small freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium jamaicensis. See F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. s.v. jangga for oral uses of the word.

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1893 C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. 4 Jonga Soup.

1893 C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. 8 Jongas are a kind of small cray-fish which are often found in our mountain rivers.

1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 51 Fresh-water shrimps, called jonga, from the mountain streams.

1967 Amer. Speech 42 191 Jangga, the river prawn Macrobrachium jamaicense [sic]. This word is usually found in print as jonga, an unfortunate misrepresentation which has probably led would-be explainers astray. Its actual pronunciation among the folk may always be respelled jangga.

1969 ‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass iii. 31 They're even canning jongas from the head-waters of the Martha Brae.

1971 E. Jones in J. Figueroa Caribbean Voices I. 4 Up in de hills, where de streams are cool, An' mullet an' janga swim in de pool.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	jonga
释义	jongan. /ˈdʒɒŋɡə/ Forms: Also jangga. Etymology: < Doulla-Bakweri (Cameroons) njaŋga crayfish. In Jamaica, a small freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium jamaicensis. See F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. s.v. jangga for oral uses of the word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > miscellaneous or unspecified prawn jonga1893 nocturne1899 1893 C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. 4 Jonga Soup. 1893 C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. 8 Jongas are a kind of small cray-fish which are often found in our mountain rivers. 1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 51 Fresh-water shrimps, called jonga, from the mountain streams. 1967 Amer. Speech 42 191 Jangga, the river prawn Macrobrachium jamaicense [sic]. This word is usually found in print as jonga, an unfortunate misrepresentation which has probably led would-be explainers astray. Its actual pronunciation among the folk may always be respelled jangga. 1969 ‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass iii. 31 They're even canning jongas from the head-waters of the Martha Brae. 1971 E. Jones in J. Figueroa Caribbean Voices I. 4 Up in de hills, where de streams are cool, An' mullet an' janga swim in de pool. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1893
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