vry
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vry (attributive vrye or (less often) vry, comparative vryer, superlative vryste)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]vry (present vry, present participle vryende, past participle gevry)
Peranakan Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch vrij (“free”), from Middle Dutch vri, from Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós, a derivation from *preyH- (“to be fond of”).
Adjective
[edit]vry
- free
- di-mana marika bisa beladjar lamanja 5 taon boeat djadi goeroe dengen vry ongkos.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
[edit]- ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 81
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