kapelka

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

  • kaperka, kaperiki (obsolete), kaperika (obsolete)

Etymology

From Dutch kapel (“butterfly”), now dialectal or archaic. The ending -ka might be explained by a derivation from a diminutive, such as kapelleke, kapelleken, or kapelke; compare the obsolete form kaperiki, which might have been derived from the diminutive kapelletje.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpelka/, [ka̠ˈpɪ̞lka̠], [kɑ̟ˈpe̝lkɑ̟]

Noun

kapelka

  1. butterfly

References

  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “kapelka”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
  1. ^ Jan van Donselaar (1994) “Oude Nederlandse woorden in het hedendaagse Sranantongo [Old Dutch words in contemporary Sranan Tongo]”, in Nicoline van der Sijs, Rob Tempelaars, editors, Trefwoord‎[1] (in Dutch), Heemstede: Matthias de Vries Genootschap van Woordenboekverzamelaars, →ISSN, page 65
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