sren

From English shilling.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /sɾeŋ/, /sɾen/, [sɾɪ̞̃ŋ], [sɾe̝ŋ]

sren

1. (historical, numismatics) Surinamese shilling; a former pre-decimalization coin worth 5 Surinamese stivers
   • c. 1836, “Njoe-jaari-singi voe Cesaari. [Cesar's New Year song]”, in Jan Voorhoeve, Ursy M. Lichtveld, editors, Suriname: Spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden‎^[2], Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, published 1980, →ISBN, page 294:

     Tangie Masra! Tangie Missie! / Ti dée mi de njan jaari; / San joe gi mi, joe sa kissie / Dobbroe na tra jaari! / Wan sreng sa tron toe sreng, effi Masra Gado prissie / Da sanie joe lassie na vaja, joe sa venni na inni assissie.

     [Tangi masra, tangi misi! / Tide mi e nyan yari / San yu gi mi, yu sa kisi / dobru na tra yari! / Wan sren sa tron tu sren, efi Masra Gado prisi / A sani yu lasi na faya, yu sa feni na ini asisi.]

     Thank you sir, thank you madam! / Today, I celebrate New Year / Whatever you give me, you'll get / twofold in the next year! / One shilling will become two shillings, if it pleases the Lord God / The thing you leave in the fire, you'll find in the ashes.

   • 1904, Henri François Rikken, Codjo, de brandstichter. Oorspronkelijk historisch-romantisch verhaal uit het jaar 1832 [Codjo, the arsonist. An original historico-romantic story from the year 1832]‎^[3], Paramaribo: J. Timmerman, pages 68-69:

     Mi na akansa, allatem mi de toe foe wan sren

     [Mi na akansa, alaten mi de tu fu wan sren.]

     I'm still the same old me.

     (literally, “I'm [like] maize pudding, I'm always two [lumps] for [the price of] one shilling.”)

2. (archaic, informal) The amount of money equal to 8 decimal cents