Glossary

Bario = neighbourhood, district

Bándabou = western part of Curaçao, from Grote Berg to Westpunt

Bándariba = eastern part of Curaçao, from Santa Rosa to Oostpunt

Boka = inlet, cove

Brenneker, Paul (1912-1996): socially engaged priest who described Curaçao culture in the Sambumbu series

Buriek = donkey

Faha = low stone wall in a watercourse to regulate the rainwater

Hòfi = small garden estate (Dutch: hofje)

Kabes di Kòrsou = the easternmost point of Curaçao

Kabriet = goat

Koraal = enclosure

Kueba = cave

Kunuku, knoekje = farmland

Kunukero = farmer

Mangasina, mangazina = grain store, warehouse

Mirador, miradó = lookout post

Mondi = wilderness, often with thorny shrubs

Nooyen, R. Henricus (1919-2017): missionary, author of publications on local history, culture and place names

Pos (di pia) = (walk-in) well

Rooi / roi = natural watercourse

Saliña = salt pan

Seru (di) or Ser’i = hill (of)

Shon = plantation owner; nowadays Mrs or Mr

Tanki = natural rainwater reservoir

Trankeer = fence

Vitó = plantation overseer

Watamula = the northernmost part of Curaçao

W.I.C. = Dutch West India Company (West-Indische Compagnie)