Pinatjaimi, also spelled as Pinatyaimi, is a Ndyuka Maroon village on the

Cottica River Cottica River (Sranan Tongo: ''Kotika-liba'') is a river in the northwest of Suriname. It originates in the hills surrounding town of Moengo and flows westwards and enters the Commewijne River Commewijne River (Sranan Tongo: ''Kawina-liba'') is ...

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Geography

Pinatjaimi lies opposite the village of

Lantiwei Lantiwei, also spelled as Lantiwee and Lantiwé, is a Ndyuka Maroon village on the Cottica River in Suriname. Lantiwei lies opposite the village of Pinatjaimi, with Lantiwei being the village the people of Pinatjaimi originated from. During the ...

, from where it was once founded. The people of Pinatyaimi are of the Pinas and Dyu clan or ''lo''. Before the

Suriname Guerrilla War The Surinamese Interior War ( nl, Binnenlandse Oorlog) was a civil war waged in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname between 1986 and 1992. It was fought by the Tucayana Amazonas led by Thomas Sabajo and the Jungle Commando led by Ronnie Brunswij ...

there was a school in Pinatjaimi. In the war, the village was only slightly damaged, but most of its inhabitants fled to either

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or to

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. The village has two captains, Da Tama and Da Awana.

Name

The name Pinatjaimi comes from the Ndyuka ''pina tyai mi'' which means "poverty brought me here". It is said that Pinatjaimi was founded by a couple from Lantiwei after family problems. The

Sranan Tongo Sranan Tongo (also Sranantongo "Surinamese tongue," Sranan, Surinaams, Surinamese, Surinamese Creole) is an English-based creole language that is spoken as a ''lingua franca'' by approximately 550,000 people in Suriname. Developed originally amo ...

equivalent of ''pina tyai mi'' would be ''pina tjari mi'', under which name the village is also sometimes known.

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References

* {{Surinamese District Marowijne Ndyuka settlements Populated places in Marowijne District