gersi
Lithuanian
[edit]Verb
[edit]gersi
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
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Verb
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Noun
[edit]gersi
- image, likeness
- c. 1957, Trefossa, gronmama [Earth mother][1], quoted in Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 50:
- mi a no mi / solanga m' no krari / foe kibri, foe tjari / joe gersi na ini mi djodjo.
- [Mi a no mi / solangi mi no krari / fu kibri, fu tyari / yu gersi na ini mi dyodyo]
- I am not me / as long as I'm not ready / to keep, to carry / your likeness in my soul.