bastiaan

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sranan Tongo basya, from English overseer. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bas‧ti‧aan === Noun === bastiaan m (plural bastiaans, diminutive bastiaantje n) (Suriname, archaic) synonym of basya (“assistant village chief”) (Suriname, historical) synonym of basya (“enslaved assistant plantation overseer”) ==== Derived terms ====