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anada another
Anancy mythic trickster spider, confidence man
bad-wud curse-word(s)
bawn born
bukra/busha white overseer or estate owner
bun burn
butu a good-for-nothing person
bwoy boy
chu expression of impatience or scorn
chupid/ness stupid/ness
congotay future reckoning
crawny scrawny
cyan/cyaan cannot, can't; "cyaan" is more emphatic
de ya there or over there
dem them; suffix forming a plural eg. cow-dem (cows)
duppy ghost, spirit
dutty dirty
face boy gigola, a man vain about his looks
facety impertinent
fe for or to
fenky-fenky weakly, faint
gangalee gang leader
g'wan/g'way go on/go away or get out
hangle handle
iry/irie good, excellent, a form of greeting
ital right, righteous, wholesome
leggo-beast a loose or promiscuous woman
liard liar (emphatic)
likkle little
liming gathering for the purpose of chatting
mawga skinny, meagre
mek make
mussee must be
na/nah/nuh no, not
nine night a funeral wake that goes on for nine nights
nyam eat
obeah voodhoo
'ooman woman
pickney/dem child/ren
priors prayers
quattie quarter-penny
rada rather
rass derisive, curse word
smaddy somebody
spile spoil
su-su whispered gossip, behind one's back
tek take
tief thief
tink think
wus worse
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