"browning" meaning in Jamaican Creole

See browning in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/ Forms: browning dem [plural], browning [quantified]
Etymology: Blend of brown (“lightskin”) + -ing. Etymology templates: {{blend|jam|brown|-ing|t1=lightskin}} Blend of brown (“lightskin”) + -ing Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=browning}} browning, {{jam-noun}} browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)
  1. a lightskin female (of colour) Categories (topical): People Synonyms: brown gyal Related terms: brown (english: lightskin), brown man (english: lightskin male (of colour)), empress (english: m'lady), high colour (english: fair)
    Sense id: en-browning-jam-noun-KDMti00d Disambiguation of People: 72 28 Categories (other): Jamaican Creole blends, Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brownin, brownin'
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/ Forms: browning dem [plural], browning [quantified]
Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=browning}} browning, {{jam-noun}} browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)
  1. browning (caramel-based food additive) Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-browning-jam-noun-wKoeYRrr Disambiguation of Foods: 41 59 Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brownin, brownin'
Etymology number: 2
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "brown",
        "3": "-ing",
        "t1": "lightskin"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of brown (“lightskin”) + -ing",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of brown (“lightskin”) + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "browning dem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "browning",
      "tags": [
        "quantified"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "browning"
      },
      "expansion": "browning",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)",
      "name": "jam-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "brow‧ning"
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole blends",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "jam",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "jam:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hey, light-skinned girl! Sexy lady! Don't you hear me calling you over?",
          "text": "Psst! Browning! Sexy dawta! Yuh nuh hear big man a call yuh?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "One such song went thus: […] They're using skin-lightening creams to look like light-skinned girls. […]",
          "ref": "2002, Mervyn C. Alleyne, The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean (in English), →ISBN, page 225:",
          "text": "One such song went thus:\n […]\n Dem a bleach up dem skin\n To look like browning\n […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lightskin female (of colour)"
      ],
      "id": "en-browning-jam-noun-KDMti00d",
      "links": [
        [
          "lightskin",
          "lightskin"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "lightskin",
          "word": "brown"
        },
        {
          "english": "lightskin male (of colour)",
          "word": "brown man"
        },
        {
          "english": "m'lady",
          "word": "empress"
        },
        {
          "english": "fair",
          "word": "high colour"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brown gyal"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "brownin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "brownin'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "browning"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "browning dem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "browning",
      "tags": [
        "quantified"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "browning"
      },
      "expansion": "browning",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)",
      "name": "jam-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "brow‧ning"
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "jam",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "jam:Foods",
          "parents": [
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This needs a little something. Add a little browning.",
          "text": "Dis waan likkle supn. Put een likkle browning.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Krysta Anderson, “Bun in the oven?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):",
          "text": "“Preheat oven to 150ºC/300ºF. Grease a loaf pan with baking spray or margarine; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until foamy, add vanilla, molasses (if use[sic]) browning, stout, melted butter and sugar, mix until the granules dissolve. […]”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "browning (caramel-based food additive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-browning-jam-noun-wKoeYRrr",
      "links": [
        [
          "browning",
          "browning#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "brownin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "brownin'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "browning"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Jamaican Creole blends",
    "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
    "Jamaican Creole lemmas",
    "Jamaican Creole nouns",
    "Jamaican Creole terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "jam:Foods",
    "jam:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "brown",
        "3": "-ing",
        "t1": "lightskin"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of brown (“lightskin”) + -ing",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of brown (“lightskin”) + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "browning dem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "browning",
      "tags": [
        "quantified"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "browning"
      },
      "expansion": "browning",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)",
      "name": "jam-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "brow‧ning"
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "lightskin",
      "word": "brown"
    },
    {
      "english": "lightskin male (of colour)",
      "word": "brown man"
    },
    {
      "english": "m'lady",
      "word": "empress"
    },
    {
      "english": "fair",
      "word": "high colour"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hey, light-skinned girl! Sexy lady! Don't you hear me calling you over?",
          "text": "Psst! Browning! Sexy dawta! Yuh nuh hear big man a call yuh?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "One such song went thus: […] They're using skin-lightening creams to look like light-skinned girls. […]",
          "ref": "2002, Mervyn C. Alleyne, The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean (in English), →ISBN, page 225:",
          "text": "One such song went thus:\n […]\n Dem a bleach up dem skin\n To look like browning\n […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lightskin female (of colour)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lightskin",
          "lightskin"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brown gyal"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "brownin"
    },
    {
      "word": "brownin'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "browning"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
    "Jamaican Creole lemmas",
    "Jamaican Creole nouns",
    "Jamaican Creole terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "jam:Foods",
    "jam:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "browning dem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "browning",
      "tags": [
        "quantified"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "browning"
      },
      "expansion": "browning",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)",
      "name": "jam-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "brow‧ning"
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This needs a little something. Add a little browning.",
          "text": "Dis waan likkle supn. Put een likkle browning.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Krysta Anderson, “Bun in the oven?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):",
          "text": "“Preheat oven to 150ºC/300ºF. Grease a loaf pan with baking spray or margarine; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until foamy, add vanilla, molasses (if use[sic]) browning, stout, melted butter and sugar, mix until the granules dissolve. […]”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "browning (caramel-based food additive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "browning",
          "browning#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "brownin"
    },
    {
      "word": "brownin'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "browning"
}

Download raw JSONL data for browning meaning in Jamaican Creole (3.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Jamaican Creole dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.