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Early Sranan
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'Green' and 'blue'
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Differentiation
Example 1-267:
lala hudu
lala
green
hudu
wood
green wood
German:
noch grünes Holz, dissi no dre jette [German; op.cit.]
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 97
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.]
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 18
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Language:
Early Sranan
Feature:
'Green' and 'blue'
Source:
van den Berg 2007
: 93-95
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