"tyant" meaning in All languages combined

See tyant on Wiktionary

Verb [Sranan Tongo]

IPA: /t͡ʃant/, /cant/, [t͡ʃa̠nt], [t͡ʃɑ̟nt]
Head templates: {{head|srn|verb}} tyant
  1. (transitive, colloquial) to flirt with, to seduce someone, to hit on someone Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-tyant-srn-verb-mfVtMRHC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46
  2. (intransitive, slang) to talk Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-tyant-srn-verb-SuqWjjbe Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header: 14 86
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tjanten"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "tyant",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
  "lang_code": "srn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I want to hit on her",
          "ref": "2012, Michaël Ietswaart, Vinije Haabo, Sranantongo. Surinaams voor reizigers en thuisblijvers [Sranan Tongo for travellers and those who stay at home] (in Dutch), Zuthphen: Walburg Pers, →ISBN, page 85:",
          "text": "mi wani tyant a sma",
          "translation": "I want to hit on her",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flirt with, to seduce someone, to hit on someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-tyant-srn-verb-mfVtMRHC",
      "links": [
        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ],
        [
          "seduce",
          "seduce"
        ],
        [
          "hit on",
          "hit on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, colloquial) to flirt with, to seduce someone, to hit on someone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to talk"
      ],
      "id": "en-tyant-srn-verb-SuqWjjbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, slang) to talk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃant/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cant/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃa̠nt]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃɑ̟nt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tyant"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sranan Tongo lemmas",
    "Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sranan Tongo verbs"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tjanten"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "tyant",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
  "lang_code": "srn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sranan Tongo colloquialisms",
        "Sranan Tongo terms with quotations",
        "Sranan Tongo transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I want to hit on her",
          "ref": "2012, Michaël Ietswaart, Vinije Haabo, Sranantongo. Surinaams voor reizigers en thuisblijvers [Sranan Tongo for travellers and those who stay at home] (in Dutch), Zuthphen: Walburg Pers, →ISBN, page 85:",
          "text": "mi wani tyant a sma",
          "translation": "I want to hit on her",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flirt with, to seduce someone, to hit on someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ],
        [
          "seduce",
          "seduce"
        ],
        [
          "hit on",
          "hit on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, colloquial) to flirt with, to seduce someone, to hit on someone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sranan Tongo intransitive verbs",
        "Sranan Tongo slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to talk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, slang) to talk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃant/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cant/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃa̠nt]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃɑ̟nt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tyant"
}

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