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"english": "cowhide",
"word": "kawbuba"
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"word": "leribuba"
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"3": "bùbá",
"4": "",
"5": "outer garment"
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"2": "mnk",
"3": "bubá",
"t": "blouse"
},
"expansion": "Mandinka bubá (“blouse”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"3": "buba",
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"expansion": "Wolof buba (“garments”)",
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"etymology_text": "Compare Yoruba bùbá (“outer garment”), Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”).",
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"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "noun",
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"langcode": "srn",
"name": "Hides",
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"Leatherworking",
"Materials",
"Crafts",
"Manufacturing",
"Society",
"Human activity",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Fundamental",
"Human"
],
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"Biology",
"Medicine",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Strip me that Negro's skin off",
"ref": "1855 April 23, “De slavernij en hare gruwelen in Suriname [Slavery and its horrors in Suriname]”, in Algemeen Handelsblad, Amsterdam, page 4:",
"text": "Pieri me na boeba, fo na ningre",
"type": "quote"
}
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"examples": [
{
"english": "In my dream, I saw / how the Surinamese were getting along / All races had united / Oh Lord, I wish it were true",
"ref": "1985, “Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released)”, in Anne-Marie Hunsel (lyrics), Bob Dylan (music), Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released), performed by Anne-Marie Hunsel:",
"text": "Ini mi dren mi ben syi / fa Srananman ben makandra / Ala buba ben kon na wan / Ke Masra, mi winsi a ben de tru",
"type": "quote"
}
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"peel"
],
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"peel",
"peel"
]
]
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"shell, husk, crust, bark"
],
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"shell",
"shell"
],
[
"husk",
"husk"
],
[
"crust",
"crust"
],
[
"bark",
"bark"
]
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.",
"ref": "1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary], archived from the original on 2023-02-08:",
"text": "Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso",
"type": "quote"
}
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"ipa": "/bu.ba/"
}
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"word": "buba"
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"Sranan Tongo lemmas",
"Sranan Tongo nouns",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from Baoule",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from Kongo",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from Mandinka",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from Proto-Niger-Congo",
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"english": "cowhide",
"word": "kawbuba"
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"english": "belt",
"word": "leribuba"
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"word": "mofobuba"
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"english": "earlobe",
"word": "yesibuba"
}
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"3": "bùbá",
"4": "",
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"name": "der"
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"1": "srn",
"2": "bci",
"3": "bui",
"t": "bark (skin)"
},
"expansion": "Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”)",
"name": "der"
},
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"1": "srn",
"2": "kg",
"3": "búuba",
"4": "",
"5": "outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "mnk",
"3": "bubá",
"t": "blouse"
},
"expansion": "Mandinka bubá (“blouse”)",
"name": "der"
},
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"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "wo",
"3": "buba",
"t": "garments"
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"name": "der"
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"1": "srn",
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"name": "der"
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"2": "noun"
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"expansion": "buba",
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"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "noun",
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"srn:Hides",
"srn:Organs"
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"english": "Strip me that Negro's skin off",
"ref": "1855 April 23, “De slavernij en hare gruwelen in Suriname [Slavery and its horrors in Suriname]”, in Algemeen Handelsblad, Amsterdam, page 4:",
"text": "Pieri me na boeba, fo na ningre",
"type": "quote"
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],
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[
"skin",
"skin"
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In my dream, I saw / how the Surinamese were getting along / All races had united / Oh Lord, I wish it were true",
"ref": "1985, “Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released)”, in Anne-Marie Hunsel (lyrics), Bob Dylan (music), Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released), performed by Anne-Marie Hunsel:",
"text": "Ini mi dren mi ben syi / fa Srananman ben makandra / Ala buba ben kon na wan / Ke Masra, mi winsi a ben de tru",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"skin colour, race"
],
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"skin colour"
],
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"race"
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"(by extension), skin colour, race"
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"tags": [
"broadly"
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{
"glosses": [
"fur, fleece"
],
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"fur",
"fur"
],
[
"fleece",
"fleece"
]
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"peel"
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[
"peel",
"peel"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"shell, husk, crust, bark"
],
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[
"shell",
"shell"
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[
"husk",
"husk"
],
[
"crust",
"crust"
],
[
"bark",
"bark"
]
]
},
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"categories": [
"Sranan Tongo terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.",
"ref": "1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary], archived from the original on 2023-02-08:",
"text": "Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sapwood"
],
"links": [
[
"sapwood",
"sapwood"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sheath"
],
"links": [
[
"sheath",
"sheath"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bu.ba/"
}
],
"word": "buba"
}
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