See alen on Wiktionary
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"expansion": "alen",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "alenbo"
},
{
"word": "alenwatra"
},
{
"word": "alenten"
},
{
"word": "alendyakti"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
"Sranan Tongo lemmas",
"Sranan Tongo nouns",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from English",
"Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sranan Tongo terms with quotations",
"srn:Weather"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Blessing will come abundantly / the Lord promised to me and you / like a rainshower it will awaken / strengthen those who truly believe / With cataracts of blessing / one day the ground will be awash / now a few droplets are spitting / but torrential rains will come",
"ref": "1999, Hillary de Bruin, “Liederen uit de praktijk van de duman [Songs from the Winti priest's practice]”, in OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis, Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, →ISSN, page 152:",
"text": "Blesi sa kon bogobogo, Masra pramis' m'anga yu, Lek'wan alen a sa wiki, Kraf' den di bribi fu tru, Sula fu seigi, wan dei sa was' kon na gron, now wan tu dropu de spiti, ma sibibusi sa kon",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"rain"
],
"links": [
[
"rain",
"rain#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/aˈleŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/aˈlen/"
},
{
"ipa": "[a̠ˈlɪ̞ŋ]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɑ̟ˈle̝ŋ]"
}
],
"word": "alen"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish non-lemma forms",
"Swedish noun forms"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "alen",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "al"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular of al"
],
"links": [
[
"al",
"al#Swedish"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ale"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular of ale"
],
"links": [
[
"ale",
"ale#Swedish"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "aln"
}
],
"categories": [
"Swedish archaic forms"
],
"glosses": [
"Archaic spelling of aln."
],
"links": [
[
"aln",
"aln#Swedish"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"archaic"
]
}
],
"word": "alen"
}
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