wroko

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-om
    Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
    Proto-Germanic *werką
    Proto-West Germanic *werk
    Old English weorc
    Middle English werk
    English workder.
    Sranan Tongo wroko

    From English work.

    Verb

    wroko

    1. to work, be employed
    2. to process (to treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation)
      den e wroko tyen.
      they process sugarcane.

    Usage notes

    • Sense 2 is used with the following words: tyen (“sugarcane”), udu (“wood”), gowtu (“gold”), bauxiet (“bauxite”), gron (“ground, field”), sarasara (“shrimp”), fisi (“fish”).[1]

    Noun

    wroko

    1. work, job, occupation, profession
      • 2011, José Paulo Ribeiro, Rafael da Silva Oliveira, Wortubuku Sranantongo para brasileiros‎, FUNAG, page 178:
        Sortu wroko yu e du?
        What kind of work do you do?

    Derived terms

    References

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