podosiri

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Sranan Tongo podosiri, possibly from Aukan apodo sii (“acai”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poː.doːˈsiː.riː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧do‧si‧ri

Noun

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podosiri m (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Suriname) acai (the fruit of Euterpe oleracea, consumed as pulp, mousse, or juice)
    • 1990, Romeo Grot, Raj Powpi‎[1], Paramaribo: Groto Publikasi, →ISBN, page 54:
      ‘Ik heb wat podosiri, roti met vis en saus voor jullie meegebracht. De vis is net vanmorgen gevangen.’
      'I have brought some acai, roti with fish and sauce for you. The fish was caught just this morning.'
    • 2022 March 20, “Uitblijven financiële ondersteuning nekt telers cassave en podosiri [Lack of financial support fatal for cassava and acai growers]”, in De Ware Tijd‎[2], archived from the original on 6 April 2022:
      Door het veldonderzoek moeten de deelnemers een beter beeld krijgen van de kosten, knelpunten en uitdagingen bij het verwerken van cassave en podosiri.
      The field study is intended to give the participants a better idea of the costs, bottlenecks and challenges involved in processing cassava and acai.
    • 2022 December 10, Stephany Kasketi, “Girls Trip: De beste monteur van Belem is een Surinamer [Girls' trip: Belém's best mechanic is a Surinamese man]”, in Starnieuws‎[3], retrieved 17 July 2024:
      Waar komt de podosiri cultuur[sic – meaning podosiri-cultuur] van Brazilië eigenlijk vandaan? In alles verwerken ze podosiri, zowel in voeding, snoepgoed, drankjes als cosmetica.
      Where did Brazil's acai culture actually stem from? They incorporate acai in everything, whether in food, sweets, drinks or cosmetics.

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Possibly from Aukan apodo (“Euterpe oleracea”)[1] + siri (“seed”), a partial calque of Aukan apodo sii (“acai”),[2] rebracketed as a (“the”) podosiri.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poː.doːˈsiː.riː/
  • Hyphenation: po‧do‧si‧ri

Noun

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podosiri

  1. acai (the fruit of Euterpe oleracea, consumed as pulp, mousse, or juice)

Descendants

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  • Dutch: podosiri

References

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  1. ^ Kenneth Bilby, Bernard Delpech, Mary Fleury, Diane Vernon (1988) Vocabulaire alimentaire en usage chez les Aluku et Ndjuka du bassin du Maroni (Guyane française et Surinam) [Food vocabulary in use among the Aluku and Ndyuka of the Maroni River basin (French Guiana and Suriname)], Cayenne: Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération (ORSTOM), page 13
  2. ^ Laurence Goury (2001-2002) “Un exemple de restructuration grammaticale: le morphème 'de' en ndjuka [An example of grammatical restructuring: the 'de' morpheme in Ndyuka]”, in Amerindia: revue d’ethnolinguistique amérindienne, number 26/27, Paris: Association d'ethnolinguistique amérindienne/Centre d'études des langues indigènes d'Amérique, →ISSN, page 301
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