See prekeh on Wiktionary
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"pereque",
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]
],
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"2": "es",
"3": "pereque"
},
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"name": "bor"
}
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish pereque.",
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"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "prekeh dem",
"5": "",
"6": "prekeh",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"head": ""
},
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"pre",
"keh"
]
}
],
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"lang_code": "jam",
"pos": "noun",
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"name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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7,
13
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7,
14
]
],
"english": "What a scandal! Haven't you heard what's happening over there?",
"text": "What a prekeh! Yuh nuh hear wah gwaan dung deh?",
"translation": "What a scandal! Haven't you heard what's happening over there?",
"type": "example"
},
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8,
14
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7,
14
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],
"english": "What a scandal! It's controversy time once again in Jamaica! You all know that when it's election season, nothing is normal! […]",
"ref": "2017, Miss Kitty, “Hell, fire and bangarang”, in The Jamaica Star (in Jamaican Creole), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2020:",
"text": "“What a prekeh! Bangarang time again inna Jamaica! Unuh know seh when election inna di air, tingz nuh normal! […]”",
"translation": "What a scandal! It's controversy time once again in Jamaica! You all know that when it's election season, nothing is normal! […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
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[
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"word": "bangarang"
}
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{
"word": "mix-up"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈpɹɛˌkɛ/"
},
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}
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"word": "prekeh"
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"pereque",
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"head": ""
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"english": "What a scandal! Haven't you heard what's happening over there?",
"text": "What a prekeh! Yuh nuh hear wah gwaan dung deh?",
"translation": "What a scandal! Haven't you heard what's happening over there?",
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14
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14
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"text": "“What a prekeh! Bangarang time again inna Jamaica! Unuh know seh when election inna di air, tingz nuh normal! […]”",
"translation": "What a scandal! It's controversy time once again in Jamaica! You all know that when it's election season, nothing is normal! […]",
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},
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}
],
"word": "prekeh"
}
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