"awo" meaning in Sranan Tongo

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Noun

IPA: /ˈawo/, [ˈa̠wʊ̞], [ˈɑ̟wɔ̝]
Head templates: {{head|srn|noun}} awo
  1. great-grandparent, ancestor, forebear Synonyms: afo Derived forms: awodia
    Sense id: en-awo-srn-noun-5gIoHn3l Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 8 12 11 7 11 8 3 6 3 3 12 1 1 10 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 10 10 6 10 7 4 9 3 4 10 0 0 9 0 1 0 4 2 0 0
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  "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
  "lang_code": "srn",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
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          "source": "w"
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "awodia"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My child calls my grandmother \"their great-grandparent\"; likewise, they call my grandfather \"their great-grandparent\", too.",
          "ref": "1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary], archived from the original on 2023-02-08:",
          "text": "mi pikin kali mi grangmamma \"hem awò\" : so srefi a kali mi grangtatta \"hem awò\" tu.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "And all our forefathers of the olden days were African negroes from negro-country. It was over there that the whites of old went and bought our forefathers and put them in ships to take them across the big salt water, and brought them here to the city of Paramaribo.",
          "ref": "c. 1885, Johannes King, “Skrekiboekoe”, in Jan Voorhoeve, Ursy M. Lichtveld, editors, Suriname: Spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden, Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, published 1980, →ISBN, pages 108, 110:",
          "text": "En ala dem ouloetem gran avoo vo wi ben de Afrikan ningre na ningre kondre. Na janda dem ouroetem bakra go bai dem avoo vo wi potti na ini sipi tjari koti habra da bigi soutoe watra, en dem tjari dem kom doro dia na foto Paramaribo.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Globe amaranth, globe amaranth, the way you grow is / how my country should thrive: just like my ancestors",
          "ref": "1994, Albert Helman, Adyosi / Afscheid, Nijmegen: Stichting Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, page 64:",
          "text": "Stanfaste, Stanfaste, na fas' fa y' e gro / mi kondre mu libi: net' lek' mi awo",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "great-grandparent, ancestor, forebear"
      ],
      "id": "en-awo-srn-noun-5gIoHn3l",
      "links": [
        [
          "great-grandparent",
          "great-grandparent#English"
        ],
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor#English"
        ],
        [
          "forebear",
          "forebear#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "afo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈawo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈa̠wʊ̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɑ̟wɔ̝]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "awo"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "yo:Birds",
    "yo:Divination",
    "yo:Kitchenware",
    "yo:People",
    "yo:Yoruba religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "awodia"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
  "lang_code": "srn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sranan Tongo lemmas",
        "Sranan Tongo nouns",
        "Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sranan Tongo terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My child calls my grandmother \"their great-grandparent\"; likewise, they call my grandfather \"their great-grandparent\", too.",
          "ref": "1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary], archived from the original on 2023-02-08:",
          "text": "mi pikin kali mi grangmamma \"hem awò\" : so srefi a kali mi grangtatta \"hem awò\" tu.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "And all our forefathers of the olden days were African negroes from negro-country. It was over there that the whites of old went and bought our forefathers and put them in ships to take them across the big salt water, and brought them here to the city of Paramaribo.",
          "ref": "c. 1885, Johannes King, “Skrekiboekoe”, in Jan Voorhoeve, Ursy M. Lichtveld, editors, Suriname: Spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden, Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, published 1980, →ISBN, pages 108, 110:",
          "text": "En ala dem ouloetem gran avoo vo wi ben de Afrikan ningre na ningre kondre. Na janda dem ouroetem bakra go bai dem avoo vo wi potti na ini sipi tjari koti habra da bigi soutoe watra, en dem tjari dem kom doro dia na foto Paramaribo.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Globe amaranth, globe amaranth, the way you grow is / how my country should thrive: just like my ancestors",
          "ref": "1994, Albert Helman, Adyosi / Afscheid, Nijmegen: Stichting Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, page 64:",
          "text": "Stanfaste, Stanfaste, na fas' fa y' e gro / mi kondre mu libi: net' lek' mi awo",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "great-grandparent, ancestor, forebear"
      ],
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          "great-grandparent",
          "great-grandparent#English"
        ],
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          "ancestor",
          "ancestor#English"
        ],
        [
          "forebear",
          "forebear#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈawo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈa̠wʊ̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɑ̟wɔ̝]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "afo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "awo"
}

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