"wah gwaan" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Phrase

IPA: /ˈwɑː ˈɡwɑ̃/, /ˈwɑː ˈɡwɔːn/, /ˈwɑː ˈɡwɑːn/
Head templates: {{head|jam|phrase}} wah gwaan
  1. what's going on Synonyms: waa gwaan Related terms: ello, weh yuh a seh, weh yuh deh pon
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "wah gwaan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole greetings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole phrasebook",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole phrasebook/Greetings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole sentences",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what's going on"
      ],
      "id": "en-wah_gwaan-jam-phrase-SOWanfe-",
      "links": [
        [
          "what's going on",
          "what's going on"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ello"
        },
        {
          "word": "weh yuh a seh"
        },
        {
          "word": "weh yuh deh pon"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "waa gwaan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑː ˈɡwɑ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑː ˈɡwɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑː ˈɡwɑːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wah gwaan"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "wah gwaan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ello"
    },
    {
      "word": "weh yuh a seh"
    },
    {
      "word": "weh yuh deh pon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
        "Jamaican Creole greetings",
        "Jamaican Creole lemmas",
        "Jamaican Creole multiword terms",
        "Jamaican Creole phrasebook",
        "Jamaican Creole phrasebook/Greetings",
        "Jamaican Creole phrases",
        "Jamaican Creole sentences",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what's going on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what's going on",
          "what's going on"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑː ˈɡwɑ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑː ˈɡwɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑː ˈɡwɑːn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "waa gwaan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wah gwaan"
}

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