"star" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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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
    Sense id: en-star-jam-noun-MBkixdZz Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "star dem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "star",
      "tags": [
        "quantified"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "star"
      },
      "expansion": "star",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "star (plural star dem, quantified star)",
      "name": "jam-noun"
    }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friend, a mate, a pal"
      ],
      "id": "en-star-jam-noun-MBkixdZz",
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ],
        [
          "pal",
          "pal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "star"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "star dem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "star",
      "tags": [
        "quantified"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "star"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "star (plural star dem, quantified star)",
      "name": "jam-noun"
    }
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friend, a mate, a pal"
      ],
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          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ],
        [
          "pal",
          "pal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "star"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Jamaican Creole dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (6c02f21 and 0136956). 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.

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