zjäng-geräng-ge bôm

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

A corruption of Dutch seringenboom.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈrɛŋ.ɡə.boːm/, [zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈɹɛŋ.ɡə.boʊm]

Noun

zjäng-geräng-ge bôm

  1. A lilac bush.

References
  • J. Dyneley Prince (1910) “The Jersey Dutch dialect”, in Dialect Notes‎, volume 3, The American Dialect Society, pages 459–484
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