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Nederlands
span (n.) pair, duo, team
spannen (v.) clamp, fasten, strain, tense, tighten, tweak, twitch
Sranan
span (adj.) exciting, tense, tight, full; (n.) excitement, tension; (v.) tighten, stretch out
English
span (n.) distance between two supports of a structure; the structure so supported; the full extent, stretch, or reach of anything; (v.) to extend over or across
Sources:
= http://dictionary.sensagent.com
= http://www.sil.org/americas/suriname/Sranan/English/SrananEngDictIndex.html
= http://dictionary.reference.com
Lexicon: span
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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1 comments:
There's also the relationship, visual and etymological, between span and spin.
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