"grebi" meaning in Sranan Tongo

See grebi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From English grave. Etymology templates: {{der|srn|en|grave}} English grave Head templates: {{head|srn|noun}} grebi
  1. grave Categories (topical): Burial Derived forms: grebi-olo (english: open grave), grebiston (english: gravestone)
    Sense id: en-grebi-srn-noun-6-~hhBcf Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "djk",
            "2": "geebi"
          },
          "expansion": "Aukan: geebi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aukan: geebi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "grave"
      },
      "expansion": "English grave",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English grave.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "grebi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
  "lang_code": "srn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "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": "Burial",
          "orig": "srn:Burial",
          "parents": [
            "Death",
            "Society",
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "open grave",
          "word": "grebi-olo"
        },
        {
          "english": "gravestone",
          "word": "grebiston"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If I knew where your grave was, my grand ancestor, whom forced labour / brought to Suriname / so far away from your own native soil, / early today, Emancipation Day / hundred years after the chains were broken, / I would have left the city, / I would have paddled my own boat / to come and kneel by your side.",
          "ref": "1974 June 29, Fred W. Omskirk Sr., “Manspasi”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname, page 1:",
          "text": "Ef mi ben sab pe joe grebi de, / mi gran afo, di krodong tjari / kon na Sranan, / so farawe fjoe eegi doti, / biten tédei, Manspasidei / psa hondro jari di keti koti, / mi ben sa saka libi foto, / mi ben sa pari mi eegi boto / f'kon saka kiendie na joe sei.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Their throat is like an open grave, and their tongues speak only lies. Their lips kill you like when an evil snake bites you.",
          "ref": "2002, Nyun, Suriname: Wycliffe Bible Translators, Roma [Romans] 3:13:",
          "text": "Den gorogoro de leki wan opo grebi, èn den tongo e taki soso lei. Den mofobuba e kiri yu leki te wan takru sneki beti yu.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grave"
      ],
      "id": "en-grebi-srn-noun-6-~hhBcf",
      "links": [
        [
          "grave",
          "grave#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grebi"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "open grave",
      "word": "grebi-olo"
    },
    {
      "english": "gravestone",
      "word": "grebiston"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "djk",
            "2": "geebi"
          },
          "expansion": "Aukan: geebi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aukan: geebi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "grave"
      },
      "expansion": "English grave",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English grave.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "grebi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
  "lang_code": "srn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "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:Burial"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If I knew where your grave was, my grand ancestor, whom forced labour / brought to Suriname / so far away from your own native soil, / early today, Emancipation Day / hundred years after the chains were broken, / I would have left the city, / I would have paddled my own boat / to come and kneel by your side.",
          "ref": "1974 June 29, Fred W. Omskirk Sr., “Manspasi”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname, page 1:",
          "text": "Ef mi ben sab pe joe grebi de, / mi gran afo, di krodong tjari / kon na Sranan, / so farawe fjoe eegi doti, / biten tédei, Manspasidei / psa hondro jari di keti koti, / mi ben sa saka libi foto, / mi ben sa pari mi eegi boto / f'kon saka kiendie na joe sei.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Their throat is like an open grave, and their tongues speak only lies. Their lips kill you like when an evil snake bites you.",
          "ref": "2002, Nyun, Suriname: Wycliffe Bible Translators, Roma [Romans] 3:13:",
          "text": "Den gorogoro de leki wan opo grebi, èn den tongo e taki soso lei. Den mofobuba e kiri yu leki te wan takru sneki beti yu.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grave",
          "grave#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grebi"
}

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