okro
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]okro (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of okra.
- 1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), page 213:
- Ojinika seemed to have forgotten all about her and was engrossed in arranging her okro in little lots on the mat.
Anagrams
[edit]Sranan Tongo
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Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from English ochroe (alternative form of okra in the Caribbean).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]okro
- okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
- 2002, “A dei di mi bron misrefi”, in SIL - Languages of Suriname[1]:
- A ben de so taki wan dei mi mama ben bori okro.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Proverbs
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “okro”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
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- srn:Mallow subfamily plants