sren
Sranan Tongo
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- (historical, numismatics) Surinamese shilling; a former pre-decimalization coin worth 5 Surinamese stivers
- c. 1836, “Njoe-jaari-singi voe Cesaari. [Cesar's New Year song]”, in Jan Voorhoeve, Ursy M. Lichtveld, editors, Suriname: Spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden[2], Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, published 1980, →ISBN, page 294:
- Tangie Masra! Tangie Missie! / Ti dée mi de njan jaari; / San joe gi mi, joe sa kissie / Dobbroe na tra jaari! / Wan sreng sa tron toe sreng, effi Masra Gado prissie / Da sanie joe lassie na vaja, joe sa venni na inni assissie.
- [Tangi masra, tangi misi! / Tide mi e nyan yari / San yu gi mi, yu sa kisi / dobru na tra yari! / Wan sren sa tron tu sren, efi Masra Gado prisi / A sani yu lasi na faya, yu sa feni na ini asisi.]
- Thank you sir, thank you madam! / Today, I celebrate New Year / Whatever you give me, you'll get / twofold in the next year! / One shilling will become two shillings, if it pleases the Lord God / The thing you leave in the fire, you'll find in the ashes.
- (archaic, informal) The amount of money equal to 8 decimal cents