tumsi

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Sranan Tongo[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English too much.

Adverb[edit]

tumsi

  1. too (usually postpositive)
    • ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎[1], Frankfurt/Madrid: Iberoamericana, page 22:
      Joe lau te moesi
      [Yu law tumsi]
      You are too crazy