"alen" meaning in Sranan Tongo

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "rain"
      },
      "expansion": "English rain",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "alata"
      },
      "expansion": "alata",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rat"
      },
      "expansion": "rat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "aleisi"
      },
      "expansion": "aleisi",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "rijs"
      },
      "expansion": "rijs",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English rain. For the initial vowel, compare alata from English or Dutch rat and aleisi from Dutch rijs.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "alen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
  "lang_code": "srn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "srn",
          "name": "Weather",
          "orig": "srn:Weather",
          "parents": [
            "Atmosphere",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rain"
      ],
      "id": "en-alen-srn-noun-MZtExXCk",
      "links": [
        [
          "rain",
          "rain#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "alenbo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alen"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "rain"
      },
      "expansion": "English rain",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "alata"
      },
      "expansion": "alata",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rat"
      },
      "expansion": "rat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "aleisi"
      },
      "expansion": "aleisi",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "rijs"
      },
      "expansion": "rijs",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English rain. For the initial vowel, compare alata from English or Dutch rat and aleisi from Dutch rijs.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "alen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
  "lang_code": "srn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "alenbo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sranan Tongo lemmas",
        "Sranan Tongo nouns",
        "Sranan Tongo terms derived from English",
        "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rain",
          "rain#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alen"
}