Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Jew-Tongo en · PROPN

Etymology

From Jew (see Wikipedia: History of the Jews in Suriname) and Sranan Tongo tongo.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of Saramaccan.
    • this Jargon is spoken in Surinam in Dutch Guiana, and is called in the vernacular Jew-Tongo. The first settlers in this colony were principally Jews from England and Brazil 1876 June 30, The Jewish Chronicle:

Synonyms

Saramaccan

wikipedia: History of the Jews in Suriname