tyari

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English carry. Compare Jamaican Creole chai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃa.ri/, /ˈca.ri/

Verb

tyari

1. (transitive) to carry, to bear, to bring
   • c. 1957, Trefossa, gronmama‎^[1], quoted in Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 50:

     mi a no mi / solanga m' no krari / foe kibri, foe tjari / joe gersi na ini mi djodjo.

     [Mi a no mi / solangi mi no krari / fu kibri, fu tyari / yu gersi na ini mi dyodyo]

     I am not me / as long as I'm not ready / to keep, to carry / your likeness in my soul.

   • 1975, “Basya Adyuku koni”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎^[2], New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 86:

     A krabdagu taki: - Angri e kiri mi ba. A di mi si yu e nyan, ne mi kon.
     Adyuku taki: - We san mi e nyan, mi no sabi efu yu sa nyan en. Na kasaba dokun mi tyari. Efu yu sa nyan en, dan mi sa gi yu.

     The crab-eating raccoon said: 'I'm starving, brother. When I saw that you're eating, I came over immediately.
     Adyuku said: 'I say, I don't know whether you'll want to eat what I'm eating. I brought cassava duckanoo. If you'll eat it, then I'll give it to you.

   • 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars and Boogie:

     Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matuku

     If you aren't able to carry a headpad / you shouldn't bother with a basket

2. (transitive) to bear, to withstand

Noun

tyari

1. yoke