wroko

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc

Middle English werk

English work

der.

Sranan Tongo wroko

From English work.

Verb

wroko

1. to work, be employed
2. to process (to treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation)

   den e wroko tyen.

   they process sugarcane.

Usage notes

• Sense 2 is used with the following words: tyen (“sugarcane”), udu (“wood”), gowtu (“gold”), bauxiet (“bauxite”), gron (“ground, field”), sarasara (“shrimp”), fisi (“fish”).

Noun

wroko

1. work, job, occupation, profession

Derived terms

• dridewroko (“Wednesday”)
• fodewroko (“Thursday”)
• tudewroko (“Tuesday”)
• wrokobere (“diarrhea”)
• wrokoman (“worker”)
• wrokomati (“colleague”)
• wrokope (“workplace”)
• wrokosani (“tool, instrument”)