See liba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "riverside",
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"word": "libakanti"
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"english": "fresh-water stingray",
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"word": "libaspari"
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"english": "Hold yourself steady / on the bridge / across the river of remembrance / even if it's rickety / from the other side / it's deceiving your heart",
"ref": "1960, Corly Verlooghen, “Atansofoto [So-be-it City]”, in Kans op onweer [Chance of thunderstorms], Paramaribo: Drukkerij Srenang, page 40:",
"text": "Oor joe srefie stefie / a tap na brotjie / abra memreliba / awas degedege / foe tra sei / e koor joe atie",
"translation": "Hold yourself steady / on the bridge / across the river of remembrance / even if it's rickety / from the other side / it's deceiving your heart",
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"english": "Hey Selecta, my grandmother always taught me: \"don't curse the caiman before crossing the river, boy\"",
"ref": "2011, Selectabeats, Kayente, “Djoegoe Djoegoe”:",
"text": "Ei Selecta, mi granmama ben leri mi altèit, \"no kosi kaiman fosi abra liba, boi\".",
"translation": "Hey Selecta, my grandmother always taught me: \"don't curse the caiman before crossing the river, boy\"",
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"english": "Hold yourself steady / on the bridge / across the river of remembrance / even if it's rickety / from the other side / it's deceiving your heart",
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"text": "Oor joe srefie stefie / a tap na brotjie / abra memreliba / awas degedege / foe tra sei / e koor joe atie",
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"text": "Ei Selecta, mi granmama ben leri mi altèit, \"no kosi kaiman fosi abra liba, boi\".",
"translation": "Hey Selecta, my grandmother always taught me: \"don't curse the caiman before crossing the river, boy\"",
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