paa Kristos reisa

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk reisa + på + Kristus. Literally, “to travel to Christ”. In normal Norwegian it will correspond to phrase å reisa til Kristus, but til is not used in Russenorsk, while verbs in Russenorsk are usually following SOV.

Verb

paa Kristos reisa

1. to die, died

   Synonym: omer

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, page 116