sroto

Polabian

Etymology

From Middle Low German strâte, from Old Saxon strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /srɔ.tɔ/

Noun

sroto f (diminutive srotkă)

1. street

Declension

• Accusative singular: srotǫ

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch slot, sleutel.

Noun

sroto

1. lock
2. key

Verb

sroto

1. to lock
   • 1989 April 1, “Na pori fu wan nâsi [The destruction of a nation]”, in A waktitoren‎^[1], Selters-Taunus: Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses), page 41:

     Owru foto ben abi hey skotu èn kofarliki bigi doro. Fu sroto den doro disi, dan den ben greni den na inisey nanga langa isri ofu brons barki.

     Old cities had high walls and huge gates. To lock these gates, they bolted them shut on the inside with long iron or bronze bars.

2. to lock up, to imprison, to incarcerate

   Efu yu kiri wansma, den o sroto yu.

   If you kill someone, you'll get locked up.