koranti

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch courant, an archaic form of krant (“newspaper”). Compare Afrikaans koerant and Indonesian koran.

Noun

koranti

1. newspaper

Derived terms

• mofokoranti (“rumor”)

 

Descendants

• Aukan: kolanti
• → Caribbean Hindustani: koraanti
• → Caribbean Javanese: kranti

References

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “koranti”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary