nyanyan

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

  • n'nyan

Etymology

Reduplication of nyan (“to eat”)

Noun

nyanyan

  1. food
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), archived from the original on 8 February 2023:
      alla janjam na mi djari no repi jette
      [Ala nyanyan na mi dyari no lepi ete.]
      None of the crops in my garden are ripe yet.
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