See dey on Wiktionary
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"ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Zanele Buthelezi, Thembani Dladla, Clare Verbeek, “Count animals”, in Storybooks African Languages:",
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"english": "I am a fool and a dunce; we'll idle out the day.",
"ref": "1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:",
"text": "Ch'am a stouk, an a donel; wou'll leigh out ee dey.",
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{
"english": "[Why didn't you come to us on some other day?]",
"ref": "1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 131:",
"text": "Fad didn'st thou cum t' ouz on zum other dey?",
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"glosses": [
"foot, leg"
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"foot",
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"leg",
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"footstep"
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"footstep",
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"ipa": "/dey/"
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