User talk:Appolodorus1

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 12:52, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Comments on editing

Thank you for your contributions, I really have to say that they look very good. One thing that I would like to note is that we prefer to split etymologies, so barki gets three different etymologies. Another small thing is that {{l}} is preferred over plain links in sections like Synonyms, Derived terms, etc. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 12:52, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Etymology of cell

Hey, isn't this just a straightforward borrowing from American English cell (“cell phone”)? ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 13:06, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Sranan Tongo for "tobacco"

For some reason SIL's dictionary gives tabaka for "tobacco", but Etymologiebank gives tabaki (and also has different final vowels for Aukan and Saramaccan). Could you add a Sranan lemma with the correct spelling? ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 12:56, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

@Lingo Bingo Dingo: Sure: tabaka.--Appolodorus1 (talk) 11:54, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

tjappen

Hi, would you be able to comfirm that this term is indeed slang in the sense "to eat" and not in the sense "to dig" in Suriname? Thanks in advance. Thadh (talk) 21:33, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi! Indeed, the sense "to dig" is not slang in Suriname. It just refers to the use of the specific tool, like "harken". We might add in the etymology that it can also be analysed as tjap + en. Appolodorus1 (talk) 08:56, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Sounds good, thanks! Thadh (talk) 09:53, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for adding! I don't think harken is the best synomym, sorry if my example in my previous reply was implying that. Maybe hakken or spitten would be better – this is the activity: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/FarmingZambia.jpg You could use a tjap as a rake but it doesn't have pointed teeth. Appolodorus1 (talk) 11:19, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I think I'll just remove the synonym in that case, and I can't really think of anything to call this activity (@Lingo Bingo Dingo?); Adding that image may be a good idea though. Thadh (talk) 13:56, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

All I know is that a hoe, at least in the relevant meaning, is called a hak in European Dutch. I do not know if hakken ever had the distinct sense of "to hoe, to use a hoe", but I feel the word at least generally fits that activity. Also, could someone add IPAs to tjap and tjappen (cf. tjaptjoi for the phonemes)? @Thadh ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 21:46, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Sranan mama

Zou je mama misschien aan kunnen maken? Wordt het trouwens niet vaak als één lettergreep uitgeproken met verlenging van de /m/?. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 18:08, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Prima! En dat klopt, net als in papa, kaka, gogo, wowoyo, babari, wiwiri, enz. Het Prisma-woordenboek spelt het als m'ma, Eddy van der Hilst als mma. Appolodorus1 (talk) 12:36, 26 March 2024 (UTC)