sma
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sma"
Translingual
English
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Sranan Tongo sma (“person, human being”), specifically from youth slang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smaː/
- Hyphenation: sma
- Rhymes: -aː
Noun
sma f (plural sma's, diminutive smatje n)
- (Netherlands, slang) woman, girl
- (Netherlands, slang) darling, babe
Indonesian
Sranan Tongo
Alternative forms
Noun
sma
- person, human being
- Together with the article a (“the”), used to refer to a specific but unnamed person.
- Mi tyant a sma kfalek ma a no wani gi en kari gi mi.
- I'm hitting on him/her like mad but he/she doesn't want to give me their phone number.
- 1985, Paul Marlee, Proefkonijn, Paramaribo: Uitgeverij De Volksboekwinkel, →ISBN, page 99:
- ‘Blub, hik, sorry man, ei Arnie, pe y' ben de yongu, m' e suk' i no moer man; pe a meid Sastro de man, mi lob' a sma, yongu, wan f' den kel go vandoor nang' a sma k'ba natuurlijk. (...)’
- 'Glub, hiccup, sorry, man, hey Arnie, where have you been, man, I've been looking all over for you; where's that girl Sastro, man, I love that girl, man, one of the guys already went off with her, obviously. (...)'
- 1991, Michaël Slory, “Kroboi. a paskanyanyan (Leonardo da Vinci) [Farewell. The Passover supper (Leonardo da Vinci)]”, in Ik zal zingen om de zon te laten opkomen [I will sing to make the sun rise], Amsterdam: Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer, →ISBN, page 130:
- A sma di / dini tafra / a dei dati / ben sa de koloku, / Leonardo da Vinci, / mi pikinboitenwondru.
- He who / waited upon the table / that day / will have been happy, / Leonardo da Vinci, / wonder of my boyhood days.
Descendants
- → Dutch: sma
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