Grunkondre

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of grun (“green”) +‎ kondre (“land, country”), ultimately from Old Norse Grǿnland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾunkondɾe/, [ˈɡɾuŋkʊ̞ndɾɪ̞], [ˈɡɾuŋkɔ̝ndɾe̝]

Proper noun

Grunkondre

  2. (literary) Greenland (a large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark and island in North America)
    • 1991 January 1, “Prisiri na a heri grontapoe [Rejoicing in the whole world]”, in A waktitoren‎[1], Selters-Taunus: Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses), page 4:
      Foeroe presi no de, di de so fara leki a noordsei foe Groenkondre.
      [Furu presi no de, di de so fara leki a nortsei fu Grunkondre.]
      There are few places as remote as the north of Greenland.
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