Talk:boemlauw
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Lingo Bingo Dingo
@Mnemosientje Is this a folk etymology of Sranan Tongo bun law? ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 12:57, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Lingo Bingo Dingo Your guess is as good as mine, I haven't the foggiest. Does Sranan lau have the same colloquial meaning as lauw? Is bun lau attested? — Mnemosientje (t · c) 13:04, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- It means "crazy", though that also works with a typical slangy shift in meaning (I wonder if Sranan law is also the source of the Dutch slang sense). Not really attested in the standard spelling, but it can be found as "boeng lauw" in non-durable online use with code switching.
←₰-→Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 14:10, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- It means "crazy", though that also works with a typical slangy shift in meaning (I wonder if Sranan law is also the source of the Dutch slang sense). Not really attested in the standard spelling, but it can be found as "boeng lauw" in non-durable online use with code switching.