wroko

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English work.

Verb

wroko

1. to work, be employed
2. to process (to treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation)

   den e wroko tyen.

   they process sugarcane.

Usage notes

• Sense 2 is used with the following words: tyen (“sugarcane”), udu (“wood”), gowtu (“gold”), bauxiet (“bauxite”), gron (“ground, field”), sarasara (“shrimp”), fisi (“fish”).

Noun

wroko

1. work, job, occupation, profession
   • 2011, José Paulo Ribeiro, Rafael da Silva Oliveira, Wortubuku Sranantongo para brasileiros‎^[1], FUNAG, page 178:

     Sortu wroko yu e du?

     What kind of work do you do?

Derived terms

• dridewroko (“Wednesday”)
• fodewroko (“Thursday”)
• tudewroko (“Tuesday”)
• wrokobere (“diarrhea”)
• wrokoman (“worker”)
• wrokomati (“colleague”)
• wrokope (“workplace”)
• wrokosani (“tool, instrument”)