Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From a +‎ gersi +‎ tori, “it-is-like story”. Biblical parables often start like, for example, “the Kingdom of Heaven is like a king”, in Sranantongo “a Kownukondre fu heimel gersi wan kownu”.

Noun

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agersitori

  1. parable, allegory, metaphor