"star" meaning in Jamaican Creole

See star in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: star dem [plural], star [quantified]
Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=star}} star, {{jam-noun}} star (plural star dem, quantified star)
  1. A friend, a mate, a pal
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    },
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 15 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I empty a gun on the Gaza. I run some boy's file and find out they're a barber. God knows mate, what are they trying to do?",
          "ref": "2008 August 26, “Kill Dem” (track 9), in Most Wanted, performed by Vybz Kartel:",
          "text": "Me full ah gun pon di Gaza. Run some boy file and find out dem a barber. Jah know star, what dem ah try?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Where are they going to, where are they going to run to friend? They start to go away but they can’t get far (before getting shot).",
          "ref": "2009, “Whe Dem A Go Run Go”performed by Vybz Kartel, 01:58-02:01:",
          "text": "Whe dem a go run go, Whe dem a go run go star? Start way dem caan run go far.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "A friend, a mate, a pal"
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          "friend",
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        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
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        [
          "pal",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "star"
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    },
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      "form": "star",
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  ],
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        "Pages with 15 entries",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I empty a gun on the Gaza. I run some boy's file and find out they're a barber. God knows mate, what are they trying to do?",
          "ref": "2008 August 26, “Kill Dem” (track 9), in Most Wanted, performed by Vybz Kartel:",
          "text": "Me full ah gun pon di Gaza. Run some boy file and find out dem a barber. Jah know star, what dem ah try?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "english": "Where are they going to, where are they going to run to friend? They start to go away but they can’t get far (before getting shot).",
          "ref": "2009, “Whe Dem A Go Run Go”performed by Vybz Kartel, 01:58-02:01:",
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      ],
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