kruyara
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Galibi Carib kuliyala
Noun
kruyara
- dugout, hollowed-out canoe, pirogue
- 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]:
- Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso
- Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.
- 1874, W. Boekhoudt, Uit mijn verleden. Bijdrage tot de kennis van Suriname [From my past. Contribution to the knowledge of Suriname], Winschoten: J.D. van der Veen, page 95:
- Joe si boenboen kroejara soengoe, kaba joe aksi iffi mi foetoe natti.
- You saw full well that the canoe sank, now you ask me if my feet got wet.
Descendants
- → Dutch: korjaal