wroko
Sranan Tongo
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Verb
editwroko
- to work, be employed
- to process (to treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation)
- den e wroko tyen.
- they process sugarcane.
Usage notes
edit- Sense 2 is used with the following words: tyen (“sugarcane”), udu (“wood”), gowtu (“gold”), bauxiet (“bauxite”), gron (“ground, field”), sarasara (“shrimp”), fisi (“fish”).[1]
Noun
editwroko
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “wroko”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
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