See tori in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "I couldn't stay to listen to the ear-catching stories of Master Edi, because the old man didn't like it when children's mouths wandered into his tale if they had stretched their eardrums and were listening in.",
"ref": "1975, Edgar Cairo, “Wan pisi fu libi [A piece of life]”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 256:",
"text": "Mi no ben kan tan arki den betiyesi tori fu Basedi, bika na bigisma no ben lobi te pikinnengre mofo e warsi na ini en tori efu den bradi den yesimama e arki.",
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"english": "Nana: Madam, let me be with the matter of Frits's dad. If I just think about how I waisted the best years of my life with that guy...",
"ref": "c. 1950, Sophie Redmond, “Datra Papa [A doctor's father]”, in Thea Doelwijt, editor, Kri, kra! Proza van Suriname [Kri, kra! Prose from Suriname], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1972, page 115:",
"text": "Nana: Misi libi mi nanga tori foe Frits p'pa; efi mi prakseri fa mi lasi na beste ten foe mi libi, nanga na kel.",
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"english": "And what's the deal with kokobe? Sometimes you don't believe something someone is telling you, but the moment they say kokobe, you believe it instantly.",
"ref": "2014, Roué Verveer, 4:23 from the start, in Buitenvrouw, Puuree/Roue Verveer:",
"text": "Èn san na tori fu kokobe? Son tron wan man teigi yu wan sani yu no e bribi, ma a momenti a taki kokobe yu e bribi dirèkt.",
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"ipa": "[ˈtʊ̞ɾi]"
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}
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{
"word": "leitori"
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{
"word": "pikin tori"
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{
"word": "toriman"
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"ref": "1975, Edgar Cairo, “Wan pisi fu libi [A piece of life]”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 256:",
"text": "Mi no ben kan tan arki den betiyesi tori fu Basedi, bika na bigisma no ben lobi te pikinnengre mofo e warsi na ini en tori efu den bradi den yesimama e arki.",
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"ref": "c. 1950, Sophie Redmond, “Datra Papa [A doctor's father]”, in Thea Doelwijt, editor, Kri, kra! Proza van Suriname [Kri, kra! Prose from Suriname], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1972, page 115:",
"text": "Nana: Misi libi mi nanga tori foe Frits p'pa; efi mi prakseri fa mi lasi na beste ten foe mi libi, nanga na kel.",
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},
{
"english": "And what's the deal with kokobe? Sometimes you don't believe something someone is telling you, but the moment they say kokobe, you believe it instantly.",
"ref": "2014, Roué Verveer, 4:23 from the start, in Buitenvrouw, Puuree/Roue Verveer:",
"text": "Èn san na tori fu kokobe? Son tron wan man teigi yu wan sani yu no e bribi, ma a momenti a taki kokobe yu e bribi dirèkt.",
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"ipa": "/ˈtoɾi/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtʊ̞ɾi]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtɔ̝ɾi]"
}
],
"word": "tori"
}
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"Sranan Tongo terms derived from English",
"Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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"word": "agersitori"
},
{
"word": "borbori tori"
},
{
"word": "fositen tori"
},
{
"word": "leitori"
},
{
"word": "pikin tori"
},
{
"word": "toriman"
}
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"ipa": "/ˈtoɾi/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtʊ̞ɾi]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtɔ̝ɾi]"
}
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}
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