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Example 1-268
blakka/brakka
blakka/brakka
black/blue/murky
black; blue; caliginous; be black; to blacken
German:
schwarz; blau; trüb; schwarz seyn; schwärzen, schwarz machen [op.cit.]
Comment:
In addition to
blakka
,
blau
meaning 'blue' (< Dutch
blauw
'blue') is found in one source (Weygandt 1798). The former is Ningretongo, the latter is Bakratongo.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 18
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
'Green' and 'blue': Differentiation
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