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Swiska
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Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Ultimately from srn gmh Swīzer. srn
Pronunciation
Noun
srn noun
en Swiss inhabitant of Switzerland
srn 1968 A feti fu Gado Sabi The war of Gado Sabi w:nl:R. Dobru Paramaribo Eldorado 2 Moetete 2 https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_moe001196801_01/_moe001196801_01_0016.php Na ini den jari 1772 kon miti 1777, wan kapten di den kari John Gabriel Stedman, ben teki prati na ini a feti foe makti den lowenengre na ini Sranankondre. A Ingrisman ben de kapten foe den matrosi foe Kononèl Fourgeoud, wan Swiska. In the years from 1772 to 1777, a captain called John Gabriel Stedman took part in the war to subdue the Maroons in Suriname. This Briton was captain of the marines of colonel nl Louis Henri Fourgeoud Fourgeoud, a Swiss.