See dyodyo on Wiktionary
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"2": "fon",
"3": "jɔtɔ",
"t": "personal ancestral guardian spirit"
},
"expansion": "Fon jɔtɔ (“personal ancestral guardian spirit”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly from Fon jɔtɔ (“personal ancestral guardian spirit”)",
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},
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"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
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"english": "I am not me / as long as I'm not ready / to keep, to carry / your likeness in my soul.",
"ref": "c. 1957, Trefossa, gronmama [Earth mother], quoted in Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 50:",
"text": "mi a no mi / solanga m' no krari / foe kibri, foe tjari / joe gersi na ini mi djodjo.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "The middle of the river / which revolves into becoming a whirlpool / at my heart's landing / brings down my guardian spirit / for the earth",
"ref": "1962, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout, “winti [Wind]”, in soela, Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, page 13:",
"text": "a mindri liba / d'e drai tron wan kolkoe / a mi ati lanpe / e broko mi djodjo / saka gi doti",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Mother Aisa, you are my mother / your womb should harbour me until the end / Aisa, you are my refuge / Mother Aisa, you are my guardian spirit",
"ref": "2005, Leanda Mac-nack, Patricia Sichtman (lyrics and music), “Aisa Mama E Kong”, in Ala Sani Na Fu Wan Ting, performed by Sangrafu:",
"text": "Aisa Mama, yu na mi mama / yu bere mu kibri mi te fu kaba / Aisa, na yu na mi masanga / Aisa Mama, yu na mi dyodyo",
"type": "quote"
}
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"soul, guardian spirit; in the Afro-Surinamese Winti belief system, a male or female spiritual entity linked to the birthplace of an individual who, together with a counterpart of the opposite sex, acts as guardian of this or several individuals"
],
"id": "en-dyodyo-srn-noun-6O1ZWsFx",
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"soul",
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],
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]
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"english": "soul, spirit; a spiritual entity who determines an individual's life and returns to its origin upon the individual's death, ceasing interaction with the world of the living",
"word": "kra"
},
{
"english": "soul, spirit, ghost; a spiritual entity specific to an individual who can remain among the living upon the death of the individual, in a benign or malicious manner",
"word": "yorka"
},
{
"word": "sili"
},
{
"word": "yeye"
}
],
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"english": "superseded",
"word": "djodjo"
}
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"wikipedia": [
"Melville J. Herskovits"
]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/d͡ʒo.d͡ʒo/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɟo.ɟo/"
}
],
"word": "dyodyo"
}
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"name": "bor"
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"etymology_text": "Possibly from Fon jɔtɔ (“personal ancestral guardian spirit”)",
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"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "soul, spirit; a spiritual entity who determines an individual's life and returns to its origin upon the individual's death, ceasing interaction with the world of the living",
"word": "kra"
},
{
"english": "soul, spirit, ghost; a spiritual entity specific to an individual who can remain among the living upon the death of the individual, in a benign or malicious manner",
"word": "yorka"
},
{
"word": "sili"
},
{
"word": "yeye"
}
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"Sranan Tongo terms with quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "I am not me / as long as I'm not ready / to keep, to carry / your likeness in my soul.",
"ref": "c. 1957, Trefossa, gronmama [Earth mother], quoted in Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 50:",
"text": "mi a no mi / solanga m' no krari / foe kibri, foe tjari / joe gersi na ini mi djodjo.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "The middle of the river / which revolves into becoming a whirlpool / at my heart's landing / brings down my guardian spirit / for the earth",
"ref": "1962, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout, “winti [Wind]”, in soela, Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, page 13:",
"text": "a mindri liba / d'e drai tron wan kolkoe / a mi ati lanpe / e broko mi djodjo / saka gi doti",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Mother Aisa, you are my mother / your womb should harbour me until the end / Aisa, you are my refuge / Mother Aisa, you are my guardian spirit",
"ref": "2005, Leanda Mac-nack, Patricia Sichtman (lyrics and music), “Aisa Mama E Kong”, in Ala Sani Na Fu Wan Ting, performed by Sangrafu:",
"text": "Aisa Mama, yu na mi mama / yu bere mu kibri mi te fu kaba / Aisa, na yu na mi masanga / Aisa Mama, yu na mi dyodyo",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"soul, guardian spirit; in the Afro-Surinamese Winti belief system, a male or female spiritual entity linked to the birthplace of an individual who, together with a counterpart of the opposite sex, acts as guardian of this or several individuals"
],
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"soul",
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],
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"guardian",
"guardian#English"
],
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"spirit",
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]
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"wikipedia": [
"Melville J. Herskovits"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/d͡ʒo.d͡ʒo/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɟo.ɟo/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"english": "superseded",
"word": "djodjo"
}
],
"word": "dyodyo"
}
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