gebore

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch geboren (“to be born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xəboɾə/, /ɣəboɾə/, [xəbʊ̞ɾə], [xəbɔ̝ɾə]

Verb

gebore

1. to be born
   • 2013 August 15, Maretha du Raan, “[‘]Yehovah ’e tyari a lai fu mi ala dei’ [Every day, Jehovah carries my burden]”, in A waktitoren‎^[1], Selters-Taunus: Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses), retrieved 5 February 2026, page 9:

     Di mi gebore na ini 1956, mi ben abi wan siki na den senwetitei fu mi bakabonyo. Dati meki mi no ben man waka bun èn mi ben kisi tra siki tu.

     When I was born in 1956, I had an illness in the neural cord of my spine. Because of that, I couldn't walk properly and I got other illnesses too.

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: khebore