strowm

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch stroom, from Middle Dutch strôom, from Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɾou̯m/, [ˈstɾʊ̞u̯m], [ˈstɾɔ̝u̯m]

Noun

strowm

1. electricity

References

• J.C.M. Blanker, J. Dubbeldam (2010) [2005] Prisma woordenboek Sranantongo. Prisma wortubuku fu Sranantongo (overall work in Dutch and Sranan Tongo), Houten: Unieboek, →ISBN, page 189