"dead lef" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛdˌlɛf/
Etymology: Compound of dead + lef. Literally, "what the dead have left behind." Etymology templates: {{com|jam|dead|lef}} dead + lef Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=dead lef}} dead lef, {{jam-noun|-}} dead lef
  1. estate, inheritance, legacy Synonyms: deadlef, dead-lef Related terms: dead yard, nine night (english: Caribbean funerary tradition consisting of a wake lasting several days)
    Sense id: en-dead_lef-jam-noun-p5diPGp8 Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header

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          "english": "The children aren't speaking to each other and they're fighting over the legacy.",
          "text": "Di pickney dem a malice dem one anedda an' a fight over dead lef.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The noise they were making\nwould make anybody deaf\nAnd for what reason?\nWhy do you think they're behaving like that?\nIt's because of grandpa's riches\nAs soon as the old man closed his eyes\nThey started to fight over the legacy […]",
          "ref": "2003, Easton Lee, Encounters: Voices and Echoes : Poems from a ..., page 78",
          "text": "Di noise dem a meck\nwould a meck anybody def\nan through wha\nwhy you tink dem a gwan so\nno true di grampa riches\nas di ole man close im eye\ndem start fi war over di dead lef\n[…]",
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          "word": "nine night"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛdˌlɛf/"
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        "Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples"
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          "english": "The children aren't speaking to each other and they're fighting over the legacy.",
          "text": "Di pickney dem a malice dem one anedda an' a fight over dead lef.",
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          "english": "The noise they were making\nwould make anybody deaf\nAnd for what reason?\nWhy do you think they're behaving like that?\nIt's because of grandpa's riches\nAs soon as the old man closed his eyes\nThey started to fight over the legacy […]",
          "ref": "2003, Easton Lee, Encounters: Voices and Echoes : Poems from a ..., page 78",
          "text": "Di noise dem a meck\nwould a meck anybody def\nan through wha\nwhy you tink dem a gwan so\nno true di grampa riches\nas di ole man close im eye\ndem start fi war over di dead lef\n[…]",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛdˌlɛf/"
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    {
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