kondreman
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kondre (“country”) + -man, or directly from English countryman.
Noun
[edit]kondreman
- countryman
- 1959, Trefossa, “Opo! Kondreman... [Arise! Countrymen...]”, in Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa][1], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 73:
- Opo! Kondreman oen opo! / Sranangron e kari oen. / Wans ope tata komopo, / Wi moe seti kondre boen.
- [Opo! Kondreman unu opo! / Sranangron e kari unu. / Wansi ope tata kmopo, / Wi mu seti kondre bun.]
- Arise! You countrymen, arise! / Suriname is calling you. / Wherever [our] forefathers came from, / we must set [our] country to rights.