wakti

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch wachten (“to wait”).

Verb

wakti

1. to wait, await

   Nownowde yu e wakti langa fu feni wan bus. ― Nowadays you wait a long time to catch a bus.

   • 2019, “Yu e „wakti fayafaya”?”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎^[1]:

     Fa yu kan sori taki yu e „wakti fayafaya” fu si „a glori fu den manpikin fu Gado”?

     How can you show that you are “waiting eagerly" to see "the glory of the sons of God”?

Noun

wakti

1. watch (a particular time period when guarding is kept)

   A wakti e bigin mindri fu a mun. ― The watch begins in the middle of the month.

Derived terms

• waktiman (“watchman, sentinel”)
• wakti-oso (“guardhouse”)