podosiri
Dutch
Etymology
From Sranan Tongo podosiri, possibly from Aukan apodo sii (“acai”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poː.doːˈsiː.riː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: po‧do‧si‧ri
Noun
podosiri m (uncountable)
- (chiefly Suriname) acai (the fruit of Euterpe oleracea, consumed as pulp, mousse, or juice)
- 2022 March 20, “Uitblijven financiële ondersteuning nekt telers cassave en podosiri [Lack of financial support fatal for cassava and acai growers]”, in De Ware Tijd, archived from the original on 6 April 2022, retrieved 6 April 2022:
- Door het veldonderzoek moeten de deelnemers een beter beeld krijgen van de kosten, knelpunten en uitdagingen bij het verwerken van cassave en podosiri.
- The field study is intended to give the participants a better idea of the costs, bottlenecks and challenges involved in processing cassava and acai.
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Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Possibly from Aukan apodo (“Euterpe oleracea”)[1] + siri (“seed”), a partial calque of Aukan apodo sii (“acai”)[2], rebracketed as a (“the”) podosiri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poː.doːˈsiː.riː/
- Hyphenation: po‧do‧si‧ri
Noun
podosiri
- acai (the fruit of Euterpe oleracea, consumed as pulp, mousse, or juice)
Descendants
- Dutch: podosiri
References
- Kenneth Bilby; Bernard Delpech; Mary Fleury; Diane Vernon (1988) Vocabulaire alimentaire en usage chez les Aluku et Ndjuka du bassin du Maroni (Guyane française et Surinam) [Food vocabulary in use among the Aluku and Ndyuka of the Maroni River basin (French Guiana and Suriname)], Cayenne: Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération (ORSTOM), page 13
- Laurence Goury (2001-2002), “Un exemple de restructuration grammaticale: le morphème 'de' en ndjuka [An example of grammatical restructuring: the 'de' morpheme in Ndyuka]”, in Amerindia: revue d’ethnolinguistique amérindienne, issue 26/27, Paris: Association d'ethnolinguistique amérindienne/Centre d'études des langues indigènes d'Amérique, ISSN 0221-8852, page 301