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Glossary Index

An alphabetical directory of all Jamaican Patois words in our dictionary.

'A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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A

a a beg yuh a dance a dat wid yuh a fi mi a it man a nuh nutten accompong acktapuss acta actoba advisa aftanoon ah good ahoa aise aldoah all fruits ripe anansi annadah appie areddi arinj at attaclapse ave awrite ax aye

B

Baal Bawl Baybie man Bent Bent dung Berechun Big man t'ing Bud babylon babylon system back it up backra backshot bad gyal bad like yaz bad wud badda baddie bade badman ting badmind bag o wire baggie ball head bandulu bangarang banka banton bapps baps bartenda bashment bashy batty batty man bawl bawn baybe baybie baybie madda bayka beenie beg yuh pass begga behine ben ben dung benchas betta big man ting big ooman big smaddy big up bill billias birdie bisnis blabba mout blabba mouth blacka bless bless up blessed blood claat blouse an skirt blouse an' skirt blue movie bly boasy bobo dread bokkle bomboclaat boomshot boonoonoonoos bootie boots booyaka brawta bread man bredda breddah brethren bro gad broughtupsy brownin'bruk out bubble bud buddy builda bull bakka bumbo claat bumpa bun bun a fyah butta buttafly butu buzz mi bwile bwoy

C

Caah Caan't Cerfitikate Certifikate Challis Chi chi man Chiney Chiney brush Chuesday Chups Claart Coodith Crawb up Curry goat Cut eye Cya Cyar caa caal cabin stabbin'carpenta cass-cass cerfitikate cha cha bwoy chaka chaka chaklit chalice chappa chargie chat check chi-chi chile chiney shop cho choosday choppa chuck chune claat clappas cleana cocky collecta commona coo deh coodeh coolie corouches cotch cova craven crawl up crebbie crebbie cris criss ting curry curry favour cut out cut yeye cutliss cyattie

D

Daadi Daise Dat De Deah Deece Dem Depon Dese Deyah Did Dideh Dinna Dis Do Do road Doah Docta Dose Draw Crowd Dressa Drop pan Dun Dun grow Dung Duppy Duppy stories Dutchi Dutchie Dutty wine dagga dally danca dash weh dat dawta deh designa don dada don gorgon don man donnette dread driva duggu-duggu dutty dwl

E

Eech Eeeh?Eena Ef earthstrong eediat ello empress enuh everything criss everyting cook an curry

F

Faas Facety Facetý Fah Fallah Fallah fashin Fambly Fambly ram Fassy 'ole Fava Finga Fix Flowas Fluffy Fren Fresh Full 'undred Fyah bun!face bwoy fahda farma fassy fatta fawma feel fi mi fighta fiyah bun flassing foo fool forty leg front fyah

G

Gallang Gangaleen Ganja Ganzy Gimme Ginga Gingah Ginnal Glaas Glaas bokkle Glamity Gravalishus Gree Grine Guh weh Guzum Gwine gad gal fren gallis ganja planta gardina gaza gaza mi seh genna give thanks go deh goodas govana gravalicious gud day gud mawnin gwaan gyal gyal clown

H

Haas tonic Haffi Hail Halla Hangle Hask Hat Heet Hegg Heng Higga Higgla Higglers Hile Hype hackle hail up hiya hot steppa how yuh stay howdeedo howdy hungry belly gyal hunta hush

I

Idiat Idrin Igle Im Increase yah now Inna Instead ah i man idren ilaloo infahmah iniversal inna di morrows inna di trod interprita investa irie irieshun ital ites iverstanding iwah iyah

J

Jan cro'Jeezam Jizile Jizzle Jook Junju Jus' so de t'ing set jacket jackmandora jah jah bless jah jah jamrock jancro jeesum peace jiji jim screechy joe grind junjo jus a word just a toops

K

Kawn Kawz Ketch Kibba Killy killy Kip Kriss kibba yuh mouth kin puppa lick kmt kotch

L

Laas Labba labba Lan'Lang Lang mout'Lef Lef'Leggo Lickie lickie Lickle Licky licky Linga lawd lawya lechura lef mi leggings life a gwaan arite likkle likkle more livicate luk gud luv yuh

M

Macca tree Maggie Mampi Mannish Marina Mash up Mawga Mawnin'Mek Mesh Mi Missa Mo Mo fyah!Mo iyah Mout'Mumma Mussi maa ma man madda mampie mampy man a gallis mantel maroons mash up di place massa massive mi deh yah mi deh yah suh mi gaan mi miss yuh mi nuh deh pan nutten mi nuh gud mi rate yuh miss chin miss lee my yute

N

Naa Nable 'tring Nedda Neegle Neva Nex'Nize Nookie Nose 'ole Nose, 'ole Nuff Respect Nuh watch nutten Nuh watch nutten!Nutten Nyam natty negus niyabingy nuh badda mi nuhn much nuhn nah gwaan nuts man nyami nyami

O

Obeah One One-one Onse Ooman Ooo Outta Ova Ovadsweet ongle oonu overlight oy deh oye

P

Pawt Paypa Peas head Peppa Pickie Pickie Piece Plague Play play Poas Pown Pudung Pum pum Pum-Pum Punani Puppa Pussnant painta peenie wallie pengeleng pickney plakka plakka playa plekeh plekeh politricksters pree presenta pretty dunce programma pssst pyaaw pyaaw

Q

Quashie Quatty queng qwenga

R

Radda Ramp Rass Red eye Renk Renky Res'Riddim Riva Robut Rubbas Ruff Ruff neck raatid raggamuffin ram ramping shop ras rasta rasta man ratbat rent a dread researcha rhaatid righteousness rude bwoy rude gyal run di place

S

Sacks Satday Sawf Sawlt Sawta Sawta Screechie Seh Seh wah Shaw-at-all-patience Shawt Shawt Shawt-ah-patience Shawty Shet Shetta Shot Shotta Shuga Shuga Shut Si mi?Siddung Sinting Sista Sistine Skylark Smaddy Soun'Soun' bwoy Spliff Star Stone Stoosh Suda Sweet talk Sweetheart saayla samfy man sapps satta sekkle selecta sella shi shine eye gal sidung nuh singa sistren sketel skoolah skoolaz sleepy smaddiness small up yuhself spen squaddie stepping razor stush swimma

T

T'anks T'ing T'ing deh T'ink T'ree T'row Tail part Tandeh Teef Teet Teet'Tek Terteen Terty Tertyeen Thiek Tick Ting deh Tink Trace Trash out True-true Tump Tun Tursday tallawah tan so back tanks tap a di tap tayla taylah teacha teely tek mi picha tek weh yuself tekeisha topanoris traina trucka tuffie tun deh so tun it up tweety bird

U

Unda Unda mi nose Undred Unnu Upstairs house Urrycane Usban ukku bit

V

Vaas Vagaban Vampiah Varandah Vass Vencha vampiya

W

Wad Wah War boat Wash out Wata We still a win Weh Wensday Wid Wifey Winjie Winta Wooda Wud Wuk Wus Wut wah di pree wah gwaan wah you deh pon everything balance waita walk good wanga gut wash belly wash belly wat a guh dung weh yuh ah deal wid weh yuh ah seh weh yuh deh pon weh yuh up to well cole wheel and come again whine writa wukka

X

Y

Yah Yessiday Yeye Yuh Yush y fi dat y pree ya mon yaad yaadie yah suh nice yahso yamabella yardie yeng yeng youthman yuh dun know yuh gud

Z

zeen zimmi zinc fence