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Polabian
Etymology
From Middle Low German strâte, from Old Saxon strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu.
Pronunciation
Noun
sroto f (diminutive srotkă)
- street
Declension
- Accusative singular: srotǫ
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch slot, sleutel.
Noun
sroto
- lock
- key
Verb
sroto
- to lock
1989 April 1, “Na pori fu wan nâsi [The destruction of a nation]”, in A waktitoren, Selters-Taunus: Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses), page 41:Owru foto ben abi hey skotu èn kofarliki bigi doro. Fu sroto den doro disi, dan den ben greni den na inisey nanga langa isri ofu brons barki.- Old cities had high walls and huge gates. To lock these gates, they bolted them shut on the inside with long iron or bronze bars.
- to lock up, to imprison, to incarcerate
Efu yu kiri wansma, den o sroto yu.- If you kill someone, you'll get locked up.