paa Kristos reisa

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk reisa + på + Kristus. Literally, “to travel to Christ”. In normal Norwegian it corresponds to the phrase å reisa til Kristus, but til was not used in Russenorsk, while verbs in Russenorsk usually followed SOV.

Verb

paa Kristos reisa

  1. to die, died
    Synonym: omer

References

  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, page 116
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