tajer
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese tajá.[1] Cognate of Sranan Tongo taya.
Noun edit
tajer m (plural tajers)
- (chiefly Suriname) new cocoyam, arrowleaf elephant ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium
- 1796, [Charles Brouwn], “Historie der oorlogen met de Marrons of Surinaamsche boschnegers. [History of the wars with the Maroons or Surinamese bush negroes]”, in Surinaamsche Staatkundige Almanach voor den Jaare 1796[1], Paramaribo: W.P. Wilkens, page 108:
- Ik gaf ordres dezelve met alle spoed te volgen, dat met alle moogelyke schielykheid geëxecuteerd wierd, en ons om half drie uuren bragt in een Kostgrond, groot circa 10 akkers, beplant met Casaven, Bannane, Tayers, Pindas, Okkerom, en Tabak (...).
- I gave orders to follow them at full speed, which were executed with all possibly hastiness, and, at half past two, we got to a plot of land cleared for subsistence agriculture, measuring about 10 distinct fields, planted with cassava, banana, cocoyam, peanut, okra, and tobacco (...).
- (chiefly Suriname) old cocoyam, taro, Colocasia esculenta
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ J. van Donselaar (2013) Nicoline van der Sijs, editor, Woordenboek van het Nederlands in Suriname van 1667 tot 1876 [Dictionary of the Dutch Language in Suriname from 1667 to 1876], Amsterdam, The Hague: Meertens Instituut/Nederlandse Taalunie, →ISBN, page 216
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From the verb tajar (to cut) + -er. Compare Italian tagliere.
Noun edit
tajer m (plural tajeri)