nyanyan

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• n'nyan

Etymology

Reduplication of nyan (“to eat”)

Noun

nyanyan

1. food
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     alla janjam na mi djari no repi jette

     [Ala nyanyan na mi dyari no lepi ete.]

     None of the crops in my garden are ripe yet.