krutubakra

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Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From krutu +‎ bakra.

Noun[edit]

krutubakra

  1. judge.
    • 1917, Jac. van Ginneken, J. Endepols, “Twaalfde hoofdstuk. Het West-Indisch [Twelfth Chapter. The West-Indian Language]”, in De regenboogkleuren van Nederlands taal [The Rainbow Colours of the Language of the Netherlands], page 244:
      Den seni wan krage go na kroetoe-bakra foe boesi [...].
      They sent a complaint to the judge of the jungle