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"descendants": [
{
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "yeepi"
},
"expansion": "Aukan: yeepi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aukan: yeepi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "heépi"
},
"expansion": "Saramaccan: heépi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saramaccan: heépi"
}
],
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"1": "srn",
"2": "en",
"3": "help"
},
"expansion": "English help",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "nl",
"3": "helpen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch helpen",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "heépi"
},
"expansion": "Saramaccan heépi",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "yeepi"
},
"expansion": "Aukan yeepi",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier herepi, from English help or Dutch helpen. The initial y- may have originated from a glide in connected speech (compare yesi and yuru for a similar development) via the stages herepi (whence Saramaccan heépi) > *erepi > *yerepi (whence Aukan yeepi) followed by syncope of the intermediate syllable.",
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"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "yepi",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to help, assist, support, save"
],
"id": "en-yepi-srn-verb-Lyr1Ngtv",
"links": [
[
"help",
"help"
],
[
"assist",
"assist"
],
[
"support",
"support"
],
[
"save",
"save"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yepi"
}
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},
{
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},
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"name": "m+"
},
{
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"1": "djk",
"2": "yeepi"
},
"expansion": "Aukan yeepi",
"name": "m+"
}
],
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},
"expansion": "yepi",
"name": "head"
}
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"lang_code": "srn",
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "89 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "97 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "helper",
"word": "yepiman"
}
],
"glosses": [
"help, assistance"
],
"id": "en-yepi-srn-noun-ElTOuJQz",
"links": [
[
"help",
"help"
],
[
"assistance",
"assistance"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yepi"
}
{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
"Sranan Tongo lemmas",
"Sranan Tongo nouns",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from Dutch",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from English",
"Sranan Tongo verbs"
],
"descendants": [
{
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "yeepi"
},
"expansion": "Aukan: yeepi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aukan: yeepi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "heépi"
},
"expansion": "Saramaccan: heépi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saramaccan: heépi"
}
],
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{
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"1": "srn",
"2": "en",
"3": "help"
},
"expansion": "English help",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "nl",
"3": "helpen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch helpen",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "heépi"
},
"expansion": "Saramaccan heépi",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "yeepi"
},
"expansion": "Aukan yeepi",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier herepi, from English help or Dutch helpen. The initial y- may have originated from a glide in connected speech (compare yesi and yuru for a similar development) via the stages herepi (whence Saramaccan heépi) > *erepi > *yerepi (whence Aukan yeepi) followed by syncope of the intermediate syllable.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "yepi",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to help, assist, support, save"
],
"links": [
[
"help",
"help"
],
[
"assist",
"assist"
],
[
"support",
"support"
],
[
"save",
"save"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yepi"
}
{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header",
"Sranan Tongo lemmas",
"Sranan Tongo nouns",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from Dutch",
"Sranan Tongo terms derived from English",
"Sranan Tongo verbs"
],
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"english": "helper",
"word": "yepiman"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "en",
"3": "help"
},
"expansion": "English help",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "nl",
"3": "helpen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch helpen",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "heépi"
},
"expansion": "Saramaccan heépi",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "yeepi"
},
"expansion": "Aukan yeepi",
"name": "m+"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "yepi",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"help, assistance"
],
"links": [
[
"help",
"help"
],
[
"assistance",
"assistance"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yepi"
}
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