zjäng-geräng-ge bôm

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Jersey Dutch

Etymology

A corruption of Dutch seringenboom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈrɛŋ.ɡə.boːm/, [zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈɹɛŋ.ɡə.boʊm]

Noun

zjäng-geräng-ge bôm

A lilac bush.

References

J. Dyneley Prince (1910) “The Jersey Dutch dialect”, in Dialect Notes‎^[1], volume 3, The American Dialect Society, pages 459–484

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