wiwiri
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of wiriwiri, a reduplication probably from English weed; compare siri (“seed”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wiwiri
- hair
- 1968, R. Dobru, “wan [One]”, in Shrinivási, editor, Wortoe d'e tan abra. Bloemlezing uit de Surinaamse poëzie vanaf 1957 [Words that remain. Anthology of Surinamese poetry since 1957][2], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslektuur, published 1970, page 48:
- Wan Sranan / someni wiwiri / someni skin / someni tongo / Wan pipel.
- One Suriname / so many hair [types] / so many skin [colours] / so many tongues / One people.
- feather
- leaf
- rope, cord
- yarn, thread
- herb
- weed
- (in compounds) plant, wort
- (slang) weed, cannabis
Derived terms
[edit]- agumawiwiri
- aiwiwiri
- aneisiwiwiri
- bakiuwiwiri
- bakruwiwiri
- bitawiwiri
- blakawiwiri
- bronwiwiri
- bruduwiwiri
- busismeriwiwiri
- ditibriwiwiri
- doifiwiwiri
- dyatawiwiri
- ede-atiwiwiri
- feifi-olowiwiri
- fowrulosowiwiri
- fowruwiwiri
- gobogobowiwiri
- gomawiwiri
- ingiwiwiri
- isriwiwiri
- kapilariwiwiri
- kibriwiwiri
- kirimanwiwiri
- knopowiwiri
- konsakawiwiri
- korsuwiwiri
- krasiwiwiri
- kromantiwiwiri
- kunopowiwiri
- kunsuwiwiri
- luisawiwiri
- makamakawiwiri
- manbitawiwiri
- mansnekiwiwiri
- merkiwiwiri
- orokuwiwiri
- pagarawiwiri
- pankukuwiwiri
- sabanakorsuwiwiri
- sarasarawiwiri
- segotrowiwiri
- sekrepatuwiwiri
- silfisensi-wiwiri
- sisibiwiwiri
- skumawiwiri
- smeriwiwiri
- snekiwiwiri
- sopowiwiri
- swawiwiri
- switi-aneisiwiwiri
- tibriwiwiri
- umasnekiwiwiri
- warakuwiwiri
- wetikrasiwiwiri
- wetiswawiwiri
- Wiwirikampufesa