lanti

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch land (“territory, territorial (colonial) government”).

Noun

lanti

1. government, state, administration

Derived terms

• granlanti (“national government, republic”)
• lantibakra (“civil servant”)
• lantiberi (“pauper's funeral”)

Descendants

• Kwinti: lanti
• Saramaccan: lánti
• → Caribbean Javanese: lanti
• → Trió: ranti