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Gado
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Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From srn en God.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
srn proper noun
en God
srn No, ma dem meti, dissi dem Heiden killi gi kroekoetoe gado, dem offere datti gi dem didubri, en no gi Gado. Nou mi no wanni, va oene sa de na inni gemeenschap nanga dem didubri. No, ma den meti, disi den hèiden kiri gi kruktu gado, den òfer dati gi den didibri, èn no gi Gado. Now mi no wani fu unu sa de na ini gemeenschap nanga den didibri. No, but the animals, these the heathens killed for the wrong gods, they sacrificed it to the devils, and not to God. Now, I don't want you to be in community with the devils. Da Njoe Testament va wi masra en helpiman Jesus Christus. The New Testament of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ. British and Foreign Bible Society/W. McDowall London 1829 315 1 Corinthians 10:20 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Da_Njoe_Testament_translated_into_the_Ne/3P06mki0ijoC
srn 1856 Deutsch-negerenglisches Wörterbuch. Nebst einem Anhang, negerenglische Sprüchwörter enthaltend German-Negro English dictionary. Containing, in addition to an appendix, Negro English proverbs Heinrich Wullschlägel Löbau J.U. Duroldt 323 https://books.google.nl/books?id=HhkOAAAAIAAJ Loango si pop'ki, a taki, da Gado. If a Loango person sees a puppet, he'll say it's God.
srn 1874 Uit mijn verleden. Bijdrage tot de kennis van Suriname From my past. Contribution to the knowledge of Suriname nl Willem Boekhoudt Winschoten J.D. van der Veen 95 https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/boek019uitm01_01/boek019uitm01_01_0005.php Gado sabi san a doe, a no gi hasi toetoe. Gado sabi san a du, a no gi asi tutu. God knew what he was doing, he didn't give horses horns. https://web.archive.org/web/20260910060555/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/boek019uitm01_01/boek019uitm01_01_0005.php 10 September 2026
Derived terms
srn mi Gado
See also
srn gado