See kapuweri on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Portuguese capoeira (“glade; clearing; area of land devoid of trees”), possibly from Old Tupi kopûera, Old Tupi ka'apûera, or Old Tupi ka'apaũ. Possibly influenced by kapu (“chop, fell”) and wiwiri (“plant, weed”).",
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"word": "kapuwerikusuwe"
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"word": "kapuweriletri"
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"word": "kapuwerisunsaka"
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"english": "Kapuweri. Young bushes, shrubbery that has shot up again.",
"ref": "[1783, C. L. Schumann, “kappewirri”, in Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary] (in German), archived from the original on 2023-02-08:",
"text": "kappewirri junger Busch, wieder aufgeschossenes Gesträuch.",
"type": "quote"
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"english": "The black man took his sharp machete / went to the plantation, to clear a plot, / stayed until the work broke his shoulders, / felled all the big trees, / chopped down red louro, cut down laurels / cut down what his machete could get at, / cleared thickets, seven rows, - / the slender dayflower kept on growing!",
"ref": "1951, Albert Helman, “Gadodede [Slender dayflower]”, in Adyosi / Afscheid, Nijmegen: Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, published 1994, page 20:",
"text": "Nengre tek' en srapu owru / g' a prenasi, kap' wan gron, / tan te wroko brok' en skowru, / fala ala bigi bon, / kapu wana, fala pisi, / fala san en owru kisi, / krin kapuweri seibi lo, - / gadodede tan fu gro!",
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"english": "After all, isn't it a struggle we have to wage all our lives with grass, thickets and hardship?",
"ref": "1959, Trefossa, “Owrukuku ben kari [The owl called out]”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, published 1975, →ISBN, page 212:",
"text": "A no strey nomo wi abi fu strey wi libi langa nanga grasi, kapuweri èn pina?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Heavy brushwood grew on the riverbank, so much that you couldn't see beyond the middle of this brushwood.",
"ref": "1983, Pieter Seuren, “Overwegingen bij de spelling van het Sranan en een spellingvoorstel [Considerations regarding the spelling of Sranan and a spelling proposal]”, in OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis, Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, →ISSN, page 79:",
"text": "Ebi kapuweri ben e gro na libakanti, so furu taki yu no ben kan si pasá mindri a kapuweri disi.",
"type": "quote"
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"second-growth forest; thicket, shrubland, brushwood (vegetation that regenerates after the clearing of primary forests)"
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"wikipedia": [
"Nicoline van der Sijs"
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"ipa": "/kap(u)ˈweɾi/"
},
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"ipa": "[ka̠p(u)ˈwɪ̞ɾi]"
},
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"ipa": "[kɑ̟p(u)ˈwe̝ɾi]"
}
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"word": "kapuweri"
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"english": "Kapuweri. Young bushes, shrubbery that has shot up again.",
"ref": "[1783, C. L. Schumann, “kappewirri”, in Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary] (in German), archived from the original on 2023-02-08:",
"text": "kappewirri junger Busch, wieder aufgeschossenes Gesträuch.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"english": "The black man took his sharp machete / went to the plantation, to clear a plot, / stayed until the work broke his shoulders, / felled all the big trees, / chopped down red louro, cut down laurels / cut down what his machete could get at, / cleared thickets, seven rows, - / the slender dayflower kept on growing!",
"ref": "1951, Albert Helman, “Gadodede [Slender dayflower]”, in Adyosi / Afscheid, Nijmegen: Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, published 1994, page 20:",
"text": "Nengre tek' en srapu owru / g' a prenasi, kap' wan gron, / tan te wroko brok' en skowru, / fala ala bigi bon, / kapu wana, fala pisi, / fala san en owru kisi, / krin kapuweri seibi lo, - / gadodede tan fu gro!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "After all, isn't it a struggle we have to wage all our lives with grass, thickets and hardship?",
"ref": "1959, Trefossa, “Owrukuku ben kari [The owl called out]”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, published 1975, →ISBN, page 212:",
"text": "A no strey nomo wi abi fu strey wi libi langa nanga grasi, kapuweri èn pina?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Heavy brushwood grew on the riverbank, so much that you couldn't see beyond the middle of this brushwood.",
"ref": "1983, Pieter Seuren, “Overwegingen bij de spelling van het Sranan en een spellingvoorstel [Considerations regarding the spelling of Sranan and a spelling proposal]”, in OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis, Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, →ISSN, page 79:",
"text": "Ebi kapuweri ben e gro na libakanti, so furu taki yu no ben kan si pasá mindri a kapuweri disi.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"second-growth forest; thicket, shrubland, brushwood (vegetation that regenerates after the clearing of primary forests)"
],
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"second-growth forest"
],
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"thicket",
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],
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"shrubland",
"shrubland"
],
[
"brushwood",
"brushwood"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Nicoline van der Sijs"
]
}
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"ipa": "/kap(u)ˈweɾi/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ka̠p(u)ˈwɪ̞ɾi]"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɑ̟p(u)ˈwe̝ɾi]"
}
],
"word": "kapuweri"
}
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