strowm

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch stroom, from Middle Dutch strôom, from Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɾou̯m/, [stɾʊ̞u̯m], [stɾɔ̝u̯m]

Noun

strowm

  1. electricity

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 189
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.