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"english": "Rise, my child, rise. You will become a star. A star that shines in the firmament. And I will give you a country. A whole country, with many people. And this country will be called: the new Republic of Suriname!",
"ref": "1981, Thea Doelwijt, Prisiri stari. De pretster. Wan komedi-pré gi pikin. Een theaterspel voor kinderen [The star of joy. A theatre play for children], Paramaribo: Eldoradoboek, →ISBN, page 60:",
"text": "Opo mi pikin, opo. J'o tron wan Stari. Wan Stari d'e brenki ini a Firmamenti. En m'o gi joe wan kondre. Wan heri kondre nanga foeroe libisma. En a kondre disi sa nen A njoen Republiek Sranan!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Suriname (a country in South America)"
],
"links": [
[
"Suriname",
"Suriname#English:_Q730"
],
[
"country",
"country"
],
[
"South America",
"South America#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Sranankondre"
},
{
"word": "Sranangron"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Sranan Tongo, Sranan"
],
"links": [
[
"Sranan Tongo",
"Sranan Tongo#English"
],
[
"Sranan",
"Sranan#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Sranantongo"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɾaˈnaŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɾaˈnan/"
},
{
"ipa": "[sɾa̠ˈna̠ŋ]"
},
{
"ipa": "[sɾɑ̟ˈnɑ̟ŋ]"
}
],
"word": "Sranan"
}
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