Solombala English edit

Etymology edit

From English drink +‎ -омъ (-om). Cognate with Russenorsk drinkom, drikkom, drinkan (to drink).

Verb edit

дринкомъ (drinkom)

  1. to drink
    • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала, зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala, in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
      Асей? Комъ милекъ дринкомъ.
      Asej? Kom milek drinkom.
      Sailor? Come and drink some milk [used in a sexual context, as an invitation to a brothel].

References edit

  • Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎[1], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98