krutubakra

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From krutu +‎ bakra.

Noun

krutubakra

1. judge.
   • 1917, Jac. van Ginneken, J. Endepols, “Twaalfde hoofdstuk. Het West-Indisch [Twelfth Chapter. The West-Indian Language]”, in De regenboogkleuren van Nederlands taal [The Rainbow Colours of the Language of the Netherlands], page 244:

     Den seni wan krage go na kroetoe-bakra foe boesi [...].

     They sent a complaint to the judge of the jungle