nengre

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English nigger. For the unexpected nasal consonant, compare nyun, mangri, onfu, mindri, kwinsi, nangra.

Noun

nengre

a black person
Synonyms: blakaman, krioro, (dated)
a man
(compounds) a person
(informal) Sranan Tongo
Synonyms: Sranantongo, Sranan, (dated) nengretongo

Derived terms

Businengre (“someone from one of the groups of Maroons in Suriname”)
lowenengre (“runaway slave”)
mannengre (“companion”)
negregron (“a garden plot where food is grown”)
nengre-oso (“a small house”)
nengredoro (“gate”)
nengrenoto (“souari nut”)
nengretongo (“Sranan Tongo”)
pikinnengre (“child”)

Descendants

Aukan: nengee
Saramaccan: në́ngë

References

Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “nengre”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

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