komoto

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• kmoto

Etymology

From English come out.

Verb

komoto

1. to come out
   • 2016, “Gado kari wi komoto na ini a dungru”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎^[1]:

     „[Yehovah] kari unu komoto na ini a dungru fu kon na ini en tumusi moi leti.”​—1 PETR. 2:9.

     “[Jehovah] called you to come out of darkness and come into his wonderful light.”​—1 PET. 2:9.

2. to come from, originate from, evolve from
   • 2013, “Den tongo di wi e taki e komoto fu a „Toren fu Babel”?”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎^[2]:

     Fu eksempre, son sabiman e taki dati den difrenti tongo no kon de wantronso, ma taki wán „mamatongo” èn safrisafri tra tongo komoto fu a tongo dati.

     For example, some scholars suggest that different languages did not appear suddenly but that one "mother tongue" and various other languages ​​come from that language.