kankantri
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English cotton tree, likely influenced by kankan (“sturdy, steadfast”).
Noun
[edit]kankantri
- kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra
- 1970 March 11, P. Marlee, “Lees: Sranan, moks'alesi”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname[1], page 1:
- gwe foe Afobaka, go na hé / dan te na sibiboesi krin joe kra / fas joe roetoe tap tafra-bergi lek wan boa / opo wan makti kankantri-sten / gi na njoen Sranan brokodé
- away from Afobaka, go upwards / until a cloudburst cleanses your soul / fasten your roots on the table mount like a boa / raise a mighty kapok tree voice / for the dawn of the new Suriname