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tobrouk
a word from vocabulary
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Michaelis
with
Marcel Rosalie
and
Katrin Muhme
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Word form
tobrouk
LWT meaning(s)
the soldier
Word meaning
auxiliary soldier from the Seychelles in the Second World War
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
20th century [7] (1901–2007)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
tobrouk
'toponym of a fort in North Africa'
English
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
English influence [7]
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