In some West African or Caribbean languages, a word relating to spirits or supernatural beings, though usage in English is minimal.
Possibly from West African languages (Yoruba, Hausa) or Creole traditions related to spiritual or supernatural concepts; etymology is uncertain in English documentation.
Words like baho hint at how colonized peoples' spiritual beliefs got partly absorbed into colonial English—but usually in corrupted or dismissive ways, showing how language power reflects political power.
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