vry

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch vrij.

Adjective

vry (attributive vrye or (less often) vry, comparative vryer, superlative vryste)

1. free, unconstrained

Derived terms

• bevry
• vryheid

Etymology 2

From Dutch vrijen.

Verb

vry (present vry, present participle vryende, past participle gevry)

1. to woo, court, flirt

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch vrij (“free”), from Middle Dutch vri, from Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós, a derivation from *preyH- (“to be fond of”).

Adjective

vry

1. free

   di-mana marika bisa beladjar lamanja 5 taon boeat djadi goeroe dengen vry ongkos.^[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

1. Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 81