cyan

cyaan (alternative)
cyaa (alternative)
cyah (alternative)
cyahn (alternative)
cyar (alternative)


bai

Wen im fain wan we wot uol iip a moni, im sel evriting we im uon an go bai it.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 13:46:

When he found the most expensive pearl ever he went and sold all he had and bought it.


chat

Dem did a chat bout evriting wa apm.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 24:14:

They talked about everything that happened.

Mi suun kom luk fi yu, so wi kyan sidong an chat.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:14:

I hope to see you soon and talk face to face.


fling

So im tel dem se, “Fling uova unu net pan di rait-an-said a di buot an unu wi fain som.” So dem du dat, an dem kudn pul op bak di net, siek-a di uol iip a fish we dem kech wid it.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 21:6:

He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.


go

“Di bwai se, ‘Mi naa go no we.’ Bot lietaraan im chienj im main an go.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 21:29:

The son answered, ‘I won't [go],’ but afterwards he was sorry for what he said and he did go.

Evribadi av di rait fi lef eni konchri, iivn im uona konchri, an kyan go bak a im uona konchri enitaim im waahn.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 13.2:

Everybody has the right to leave any country, even his own country, and can go back to his own country anytime he wants.

to go; going; went. (tense is determined from context)


du

Shi aks im fi du sitn fi ar.

Singin muotaim du ina gruup a ada myuuzishan

Singing is often done in a group of other musicians

Mi kyan du eniting, kaaz Krais Jiizas gi mi di powa fi du it.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Filipiyan 4:13:

I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength [to do it].


worship

Evribadi av di rait fi bi frii fi tingk bout tingz, fi nuo we rait fram we rang an uu dem worship, dis ya rait ya miin se yu kyan chienj uu yu worship ar uu yu biliiv ina, an fi bi frii, aida bai demself ar ina dem komyuuniti wid ada piipl an ina poblik ar praivit fi shuo uu dem worship ar biliiv ina chruu we dem tiich, praktis, ar chruu worhip an di sorvis dem we dem kip

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 18:

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance

Wen dem si im, dem worship im, bot som a dem neehn tuu shuor ef a im.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 28:17:

And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.


sofa

So ef wi sofa, wi a sofa kaaz wi waahn fi elp unu an wi waahn unu fi kip chrang. An ef wi get elp, unu wuda a get elp tu. Kaaz unu wi nuo se wen unu a sofa laik wi, fi unu elp wi kom. An dat wi mek unu gwaan kip chrang wen chobl tek unu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Korintiyan 1:6:

If we are in distress, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are being comforted, it is for your comfort, which results in you patiently bearing the same sufferings that we suffer.

to suffer, to be troubled, to be distressed


respect

Yuh done know seh mi respect yuh whole heap.

You already know that I respect you a lot.

“Dem a tek too much risk wid dem life and nuff a dem nuh respect dem body […]”

2020, “DANCING DEATHTRAPS - Dancers risking serious injuries doing stunts”, in The Jamaica Star (in English):

They're taking too many risks with their life and a lot of them don't respect their body. […]


si

Mi wuda laik si im tu.


se

Bot wen im si uol iip a piipl fram di Farisii an Sadyusii gruup a kom fi im baptaiz dem, im se tu dem se, “Unu siniek pikni unu! A uu waan unu fi ron we fram di jojment we a kom?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 3:7:

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?


ax

“Well she sey one a de man dem come right up to har car window an show har fe him sign wid him finga, order har outa de plaza like sey it was him personal yaad an ax har if she tink sey chu hooman a go tun Prime Minista she can jus come park which part she have a mind. […]”

2006, Amina Blackwood-Meeks, “Aiming at your dreams”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in Jamaican Creole):

So she said one of the men walked right up to her car window and pointed at his sign with his finger and ordered her to leave the plaza as if it were his own home. He asked her if she thought that the fact that a woman was going to become Prime Minister that she could just park anywhere she wanted to. […]


don

Afta dem don lisn di king, dem lef go we. Az dem a go bout dem bizniz so, no di sed staar we dem did si iina di Iis said kom bak agen! It galang infronta dem til it riich wich paat di pikni did de, an a uova de-so it tap.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 2:9:

After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.

(auxiliary, taking a past tense) Used as a remote past marker

As an auxiliary verb:
Used as a remote past marker


staat

Wen mi si di man, mi fling dong miself a im fut an no muuv — laik se mi ded. Den im chrech out im rait an, an toch mi an se tu mi se, “No bada fried. Mi a di fos an mi a di laas — evriting staat wid mi, an evriting don wid mi.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 1:17:

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,


ton

Jiizas ton roun an se tu dem[…]

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 23:28:


big up

Me just want to say big up yourself, General.

I'd just like to say that you have my respect, Sir.

“Yuh kno seh a bear tings a go gwaan from wi touch six form. Big up wi teacha dem […]”

2010, Ardenne High Grade 13 (class of 2010), Ardenne High Grade 13 Year book 2010 (in Jamaican Creole), page 18:

You knew that we were going to get up to a lot of stuff once we entered 13th grade. Teachers, we respect you […]

(imperative, reflexive) To be thought of as praiseworthy by someone else ; to have someone's respect. (display of affection or praise)

Big up yuhself!

good to see you; nice to see you (greeting)

Big up Miss Lou!


buck

And ‘im go pon i’, and when ‘im a go in a di river now, him buck up Brer Alligator.

1985, Daryl C. Dance, Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans, page 17:

And he goes on it, and when he goes in the river now, he encounters Brother Alligator.

Well from deh so to when she stop ah get me bottom bruise, mi chess batta an a bite me tongue ‘bout three time when me chin buck up pon fi har neck back

1989, Charles Hyatt, When Me was a Boy, page 66:

Well from there to where she (the horse) stopped I got my bottom bruised, my chest battered and I bit my tongue about three times when my chin bumped into the back of her neck.

Hear him, ‘Mussirolinkina, Mussirolinkina,’ an all de way to him yard him sey de name ovah an ovah. (Dat time he stick up him big toe eena da air, fe hinda him buck i’ an fegat da name.

1996, Louise Bennett, The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature, page 150:

Hear him say, “Mussirolinkina,Mussirolinkina,” and all the way to his yard he said the name over and over. (That time he stuck up his big toe into the air, to stop him from bumping it and forgetting the name.

Me buck up pon a hot gal factory, me know me haffi win. See the gal them a rock, see the gal them a swing.

2005 September 27, “Send It On”performed by Sean Paul:

I come across a hot girl factory, I know I have to win. See the girls rocking, see the girls swinging.

He buck de tree, ‘crape off all de bark.

2014 April 7, George Barret, Jamaican Anansi Tales and Stories: 84. The Hunter. A. The Bull turned Courter:

He bumped into the tree, scraped off all he bark.

(usually followed by up pon) To bump; To bump into; To encounter

You ever buck a gal weh deep like a bucket?

1997 December 9, “Who am I? (Sim Simma)” (track 2), in Many Moods of Moses, performed by Beenie Man:

Did you ever fuck a girl who has a vagina as deep as a bucket?

Mr. Vegas: Trilala-lala-lala, boom-boom, shi-laay. I and I buck a hot gal today

2000 March 28, “Haffi Git Da Gal Yah (Hot Gal Today)” (track 5), in Stage One, performed by Sean Paul and Mr. Vegas:

Trilala-lala-lala, boom-boom, shi-laay. I will fuck a hot girl today.

When yuh buck har, trick har and fuck har. Nuh box nor chuck har, trick har and fuck har. Listen, nuh suck har, trick har and fuck har

2004, “When Yu Buck Har”performed by Vybz Kartel:

When you fuck her, trick her and fuck her. Don't hit her or throw her around, trick her and fuck her. Listen, don't suck her, trick her and fuck her.

She never buck a man, fi dweet mek she cry, mek she feel like she go up inna di air like she a fly

2011 February 7, “Look Gyal Hard”, performed by Elephant Man:

She's never fucked a man before, to do it makes her cry, it makes her feel like she's going up into the air like she's flying.


kip

Kip unu yai dem uopm, tan op chrang fi wa unu biliiv, no fried a notn an gwaan kip chrang.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 16:13:

Keep your eyes open, stand up for what you believe in, fear nothing and keep strong.

It was Saint Thomas in the east / There some bearded man keep a big feast

1972, “Beardman Feast”, performed by Max Romeo, (acrolectal):

It was Saint Thomas (parish) in the east / There some bearded men held a big feast

Ascorden to one Gleaner report weh come out Monday gone, prime minister Andrew Holness keep one big meeting pon Internet fi di Jamaican dem a farin.

2022 December 18, Carolyn Cooper, “Jamaica a ‘poster child’ fi true”, in The Gleaner:

According to a Gleaner report that came out last Monday, prime minister Andrew Holness held a big meeting on the Internet for foreign Jamaicans.


lik

So im get som ruop an tek dem mek wan wip. Den im yuuz di wip an ron out di uol a di sela dem outa di yaad: dem an dem kou an dem shiip an dem dov. Im lik uova di piipl dem we a chienj out moni kain dem, an im ton uova aal a dem tiebl dem.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 2:15:

He got some rope and made a whip. He used the whip to drive all the sellers out of the temple, along with their cattle, sheep, and doves. He struck the moneychangers and turned over their tables.


kom

Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:

This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.


trace

The war him trace. Man haffi run if it a squeeze and press, yeah.

2007 January 1, “Ay Ya Ay Ya” (track 14), in Riddim Driven: Shadowz(2008), performed by Blak Rino:

He talks idly about war but he has to run if I squeeze and press the trigger of my gun.

Mi big bad and brave bwoy. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. Yuh sey a your place. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. And yuh nuh watch face. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. It just trace yuh a trace.

2011 June 7, “Big Bad and Brave (Duh Weh Yuh Wah Fi Duh)”performed by Vybz Kartel:

I'm big, bad and brave, boy. Do whatever you want to do to me. You say to meet you at your place to fight. Do whatever you want to do to me. Any you don't care about my reputation. Do whatever you want to do to me. It's just bullshit that you're chatting.


av

Evribadi av di rait fi uon prapati bai demself[…]

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 17:

Everyone has the right to own property alone […]


par

Yo, sexy ladies waan par wid us. Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us

2002 November 12, “Get Busy” (track 5), in Dutty Rock, performed by Sean Paul:

Yo, sexy ladies want to chill with us. In the car with us, they don't war with us.

DAMIAN MARLEY:Cause him too par with we, we here when Demus show love

2007 January 1, “The Traffic Jam” (track 5), in Mind Control, performed by Stephen Marley, Damian Marley, and Julian Marley:

Because he also associated with us, we were here when Chaka Demus showed love.

Mi na go par with T.Montana neither Pablo Escobar

2009 June 16, “No Cocaine” (track 2), in Escape From Babylon, performed by Alborosie:

I'm not going to hang out with Tony Montana or Pablo Escobar.


bleach

From English bleach (whiten). A reference to the fact that as night turns to day the sky gets lighter, as if it is being bleached.

And that's why ah nuff little youth have up some fat 'matic with the extra magazine inna dem back pocket and a bleach a night time inna some black jacket.

2005 September 13, “Welcome to Jamrock” (track 3), in Welcome to Jamrock, performed by Damian Marley:

And that's why a lot of little youths carry large automatic guns with an extra magazine in their back pockets and stay up through the night in black jackets.

'Fraid of me, dem 'fraid. Me is a bwoy weh can bleach and wait.

2007 January 1, “Ay Ya Ay Ya” (track 14), in Riddim Driven: Shadowz, performed by Blak Ryno:

Afraid of me, they're afraid. I'm a boy who can stay awake through the night and wait.


nuo

Wen unu a gi we notn, no bada mek unu lef an nuo wa unu rait an a du

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:3:

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Mi nuo di man.

2015, The Open Grammar Project, A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican:


canna

Nobody canna cross it.

“Cues on various levels of linguistic description suggested that he was attempting to speak ‘proper English’ for the camera while at the same time clearly lacking the linguistic competence to do so. The interview with Brown became famous when Jamaican DJ Kevin Hamilton (’DJ Powa’) remixed samples from it over an electronic beat and published the result on the video-sharing website Youtube.^([sic]) The music video went viral and sparked a wave of subsequent interviews, parodies and meta-linguistic commentary. The title of the song – “Nobody canna cross it” – has become emblematic of this entire phenomenon. […]”

2013, Axel Bohmann, “Nobody canna cross it: An interactional perspective on discourse in motion”, in The University of Texas at Austin, Department of English (in English), page 4:


boots

Mi nah boots no violence.

“An mi nah boots no violence, but if it should go to one on one, if you put me an Beenie inna de ring, take off all we jewel and put we inna two boxing glove, mi kill him. No Rasta gyal cyaah fight de general. I don't wanna go there. […]”

2012, Melville Cooke, “Story Of The Song: Boxing a musical contender”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in Jamaican Creole), archived from the original on 2021-06-18:

I'm not promoting any violence, but if there's ever a face off, and you put Beenie and me in the ring, take off all our jewellery and have us put on boxing gloves, I'll kill him. A Rasta girl can't fight the general. Let's not go there. […]


gi

Kaaz a di gif we Gad gi mi, mi a tel unu: No bada tingk se unu muor dan wa unu riili bi. Insted-a dat unu fi ombl unuself an joj unuself bies pan di fiet we Gad gi unu

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 12:3:

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

Den di ienjel shuo mi di riva wid di waata we gi laif. Di waata did a kom fram Gad an di Biebi Shiip chuon. Di waata did so klier it luk laik kristal.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 22:1:

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Evribadi av di rait fi bi frii fi se we dem waahn fi se an ekspres demself; dis miin se dem av di rait fi bi frii fi se we dem waahn fi se widout notn a get ina dem wie, an fi siik out, get an gi infamieshan an di tingz dem we dem tingk bout ina dem ed, bai eni miinz no mata di baada lain dem we set op ina dem konchri.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 19:

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.


coulda

Yuh coulda mek dem guh home.


woulda

Gyal, mi cyaan believe yuh woulda do dat to mi.

Girl, I can't believe you would do that to me.


natty

'Im natty up him head.

“By his deeds shall a man be known
Natty up your head and worship Babylon throne […]”

2014, Gordon Robinson, “Tainted morality”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):

By his deeds shall a man be known
You've grown dreadlocks but you're still a slave to the system […]


hush

Chile, hush yu mouth!


a

Jumieka a wahn ailan konchri.

Wi a api.

Mi a di tiicha.

A tuu apruoch tu Ort sayans.

There are two approaches to Earth science.

As a copulative verb:
(with there, or it) to exist.

continuous aspect
continuous aspect#English

Used with present participles of verbs to form the continuous aspect.


bawl

jam

I am a Jamaican / Of course, If yuh eva tell mi di cost / Mi a guh bawl dung e price


afi

“We in fear of we life, but we afi stay […]”

2020 December 29, Andre Williams, “Rose Town Man Killed While Preparing Christmas Meal - Three Murdered On Christmas, Boxing Days”, in Jamaica Gleaner (in English):

We're in fear of our life, but we have to stay […]

alternative spelling of haffi; have to; must


bara

“So, mii en ha fi fain mi uona wie fi se ina Jamiekan aal kain a sinting we piipl a taak bout wen dem a stodi langgwij . Mek mi shuo unu wa ... Mi bara di Rasta wod 'grounieshan' we dem yuuz fi seshan we dem miit an riizn . Mi tek i an yuuz i fi [...]”

1995, English World-wide, volumes 16-17, Julius Groos Verlag, page 214:

Well, I had to find my own way to express all sorts of things in Jamaican Creole which people talk about when they study languages. Let me show you what … I'm borrowing the Rasta word "Grounation" which they use for sessions where they get together and discuss important matters. I took it and used it to …


liv

Evribadi av di rait fi liv, an fi bi frii an av kanchruol uova dem uona badi.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 3:

Everybody has the right to live and to be free and have control over their own body.


ramp

[…]ar som likl popi a ramp wid dem wan aneda.

2023, “Yuuz Di Sitn Dem We Jeuova Mek Fi Tiich Yu Pikni Dem Bout Im”, in JW.org:

[…] or like little puppies romping around with each other.


baan

Jiizas did baan iina Betliyem, wan toun iina Judiya.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2:1:

Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a town in Judea.

Evribadi baan frii an iikwal wid rispek fi demself an wid raits.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 1:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.


moles

... infamieshan wi no gi If a man a moles mi an mi famili Mi naa ron fi poliis ar sikuoriti Mi uda chek fi mi ruud bwai kompini

1995 February 8, Carolyn Cooper, Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender, and the "Vulgar" Body of Jamaican Popular Culture, Duke University Press, →ISBN:

We are not informers, we don't give information If someone is molesting me and my family I wouldn't run to […]


mek

Mek shuor se yu no tel nobadi.

No fi waant a tong mek kau no taak.

It is not for want of a tongue that a cow does not talk.

Di bwai mek mi staat kos badwod.

to do, to cause, to carry out, to perform

Mek mi tel yu sitn.

Mek wi no get ful-a wiself an tingk se wi beta dan ada piipl.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Gyalieshan 5:26:

Let us not become conceited […] of one another.


baro

“Mad smadi a baro maask! […]”

2020, Carolyn Cooper, “Govament a hide up di truth bout di virus?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in Jamaican Creole):


lov

Lov unu wan aneda laik breda an sista an unu fi aalwiez put unu breda an sista bifuo unuself.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 12:10:

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.


tek

Tek time pon di road.


aks

Aks Teddy ef 'im a guh a farin nex' week.

Ask Teddy if he's going to the USA next week.

“"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yeh aks fuh [...]”

2013, Loron-Jon Stokes, Citizen Class 5, →ISBN, page 267:

I can't give you the things you've asked for.


kaal

Fi kanviinians, mek wi kaal di chrii gried ar rijista a Patwa J1, J2 ah J3.

2014 May 28, Larry Chang, Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language, Gnosophia Publishers, →ISBN, page 18:

For convenience, let us refer to three modes or registers of Patois as J1, J2 and J3.

Nataniyel se tu im se, “Ou kom yu nuo mi?” Jiizas ansa im an se, “Mi si yu fram wen yu did anda di fig chrii, bifuo Filip kaal yu.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1:48:

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."


pree

→ English: pree

Unknown. Since all of Jamaica, Trinidad and Antigua where it is attested were British colonies, it may retain Scots pree, having gradually caught on until becoming more frequent in Jamaica in the 2000s due to music fashion. Or it may be an imala of pry.

Mi put it on and send him home and tell him go pree dat

2005, “Fight Over Man”performed by Spice (musician):

I put it on and send him home and tell him to go and check that out.


quint

Baby, mi love when you quint it.

Girl, I love when you contract your vaginal muscles.

“Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
Quint it like some gal a china eyes
Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
Grip me, grip me, grip me, grip me baby […]”

2009, Busy Signal, “The Tightest”, in SongtexteMania (in Jamaican Creole):

Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
Contract your vaginal muscles like some Chinese girls' eyes
Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
Grip me, grip me, grip me, grip me baby […]

(vulgar) squeeze or contract the inner vaginal muscles, providing a tighter feel around the penis during intercourse.


no

Mi no nuo.

Bot dat no pruuv se wa mi a du rait.

But that doesn't prove that what I am doing is right.


bada

An wa ef im fren tan iina im ous an se, ‘No bada mi man. Mi duor lak aredi, an mi an mi pikni dem gaan a bed. Mi kyaahn get op an gi yu notn nou.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 11:7:

and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything'?


taak

Wen dem don taak, Jiemz taak op an se, “Breda unu lisn tu mi

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 15:13:

When they finished [speaking], James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me

Me know wa me a taak bout because wan Sunday afternoon me had to mek dat choice, and is not like me get a letter in di mail dat give me a waanin ahead a time

2016, Sylvia Gilfillian, The Road to Timnath: Di Ruod Tu Timnat, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

I know what I'm talking about because on Sunday afternoon, I had to make that choice and it wasn't like I got a letter in the mail that gave me warning ahead of time


gwaan

Wa gwaan?

Nobadi no fi bi nobadi sliev ar liv ina slievri; slievri an aal saata sliev bizniz kyaahn gwaan.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 4:

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Di kansrt gwaan gud, iihn?

Dem disorv iikwal raits fi get marid, wail di marij a gwaan an iivn wen di marij don.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 16.1:

They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

Wa mek yu a gwaan so?


kier

So unu fi ombl unuself anda Gad powaful an, so wen im redi im kyan bles unu. Evriting we unu a wori an fret bout, gi it tu im, kaaz im kier bout unu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Piita 5:6-7:

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.


nyanga

Borrowed from Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”).


baal

Jiizas baal.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 11:35:


jook

From Fula jukka. Compare Bahamian Creole jook, Nigerian Pidgin chook, Sranan Tongo dyuku, Grenadian Creole English djuck (“to stab”).

cog

'Im jook mi inna mi yeye.

Ow! Macca jook mi (inna mi foot bottom).

I jook him wit' de cutlass.

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Shi jook im wid it.

Jook two time.

“He should have grabbed for the best mouldy carnival costume, selected his best wining partner and taken to the streets in an attempt to jook and jam his problems away. […]”

2018, Mark Wignall, “A sick hospital, carnival wine and Bible thumpers”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):

(vulgar, slang) thrust with the pelvis (thrust)

When mi jook har pum pum wid it, she bawl out fi Jeezas.

When I fucked her with it, she cried out for Jesus.

(vulgar, slang) have sex, fuck (have sex)


iit

Bot Jiizas ansa ar se, "Mek di pikni dem iit dem beli ful fos. Kaaz it no rait fi tek di pikni dem fuud an gi daag."

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 7:27:

And he said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."


lick

jam-verb

lick (Cassidy/JLU orthography spelling lik)

[…]I lick him hard upon his head.


cyaan

cyaa (alternative)
cyah (alternative)
cyan (alternative)
cyahn (alternative)
cyar (alternative)

Me cyaan dance now cause bar lock.

I can't go dancing because the nightclubs are closed.

We cyaan manage no hurricane now, we cyaan manage.

We can't withstand another hurricane at present under any circumstances.


nyam

Borrowed from Wolof nyam, nyami, nyamnyam (“food; to eat”), or from Fula nyama, nyami, nyamgo (“to eat”). Possibly via Ghanaian Pidgin English. Cognate of Sranan Tongo nyan (“food; to eat”). Many other West African languages use similar terms for "flesh" or "meat", such as: Chichewa nyama, Efik unam, Esimbi ɛnyimi, Hausa nama, Lingala nyama, Swahili nyama, and Zulu inyama. Also compare Hausa nyamnyam, yamyam (“cannibal”) and Luba-Kasai nyama (“animal”).

Dem man nyam di whole ah di bread. And wan' come gi' wi crumbs.

Those guys ate all of the bread, and now they want to give us crumbs.

We cyaan nyam everything weh we get. Wi haffi save some and invest some.

We shouldn't waste everything we get. We have to save and invest some of it.

Me jus go home and nyam di money.

I just went home. Then I spent all the money.

to consume, use up, (wastefully) spend, waste (waste)


wies

Som a di ges dem get beks, an staat tu se tu dem wan aneda se, “Wa mek shi a wies da dier dier porfyuum de?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 14:4:

There were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment wasted like that?


ier

Bot wi wuda laik fi ier wa yu tingk, kaaz wi nuo se piipl evriwe taak gens da gruup ya we yu bilang tu.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 28:22:

But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.


joj

"No joj piipl laik se Gad kyaahn paadn dem, so di siem sitn wi no riich unu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 7:1:


nuh

Nuh stay down mama, time fi get up


pramis

A dat mek mi did tingk it impuotant fi wi breda dem kom si unu bifuo mi kom dong de. Mi push dem fi go orli so dat dem kuda mek shuor se aal a di sitn dem we unu did pramis fi gi, gyada op an pudong. Kaaz ef evriting gyada op an redi wen mi riich de, it wi shuo se a gi unu riili waahn fi gi; it wi shuo se nobadi naa fuos unu fi du notn.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 9:5:

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction


dutty

From English dirty and, possibly, from Akan dɔte. Compare Sranan Tongo doti.

Nuh dutty up Jamaica!


labrish

Den shi guh pon har phone an a labrish an a buss big laugh wid har fren dem.

Then she went on her phone and started gossiping with her friends, laughing out loud (from time to time) as she did.


jooks

jooks (jüks): n./v. a robbery, usu. involving a weapon; to stay on point; to tarry

2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language:


cotch

'Im cotch up inna people yaad a farin.

He's overseas staying at someone's home.

“Moreover, like their counterparts in Jamaica: “Young men often have several places they can 'cotch' (stay temporarily). […]”

2007, Mindie Lazarus-Black, Everyday Harm: Domestic Violence, Court Rites, and Cultures of Reconciliation (in English), →ISBN, page 125:

Cotch di door.

Put a wedge under the door to keep it open.

“She did have one stone a cotch di door […]”

1986, Honor Ford Smith, Sistren (Organization), Lionheart Gal: Life Stories of Jamaican Women (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 159:

She had placed a stone by the door to prevent it from closing […]


niem

Bot im neehn go a bed wid ar til shi av ar pikni — wan bwai biebi; an im niem im Jiizas.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2:1:

But he never slept with her until she had her child — a baby boy; and he called him Jesus.


respeck

“Fram yuh honest wid people, dem hav fi respeck yuh. […]”

2017, Michael McMillan, Parv Bancil, Shelley Silas, Brother To Brother (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 275:

Provided that you're honest with people, they will respect you. […]


joog

joog verb 1 to have sex. Sometimes spelt 'jewg' JAMAICA 1942

2007, Eric Partridge, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (in English), United Kingdom: Routledge:


fass

The adjective form is likely a semantic shift of the word English fast in the dated sense of having immoral habits. The verb form is instead derived from the English verb "to fuss."

faas (alternative)
fas (alternative)
fast (alternative)

Wah mek yuh a fass inna di people dem business?

Why are you meddling in the people's affairs?

Miss May always a fass inna people business.

Ms. May is always meddling in other people's affairs.

“Tek Iris who fa love now, is fe fass inna people bisniss. Suh everytime people see him a shoob een him hearing aid an a tep like cock chicken a come, dem know fe tikya. […]”

2010, Jennifer M. Keane-Dawes, Dear Jamaica: Expressions of Indigenous Knowledge (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 31:

For example, there's Iris who loves to meddle in other people's affairs. Whenever people see her putting her hearing aid in, walking over like a rooster, they know they need to be careful. […]


osh

Aal a uu a baal nou, Gad bles dem, kaaz di taim a-go kom wen Gad a-go osh dem an mek dem api agen.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 5:4:

They are blessed who grieve, for God will comfort them.


memba

Derived from English remember. Compare Belizean Creole memba.

Unu fi memba di piipl dem we iina prizn, laik se unu iin de wid dem. An memba di piipl dem we a sofa tu, laik se a unu a sofa an a fiil di pien we dem a fiil

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Iibruu 13:3:

Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and [remember] those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering


elp

Siem taim di bwai faada baal out, “Mi biliiv, elp mi fi biliiv muo!”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 9:24:

Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"


yanga

Possibly from or related to nyanga, from Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”). Possibly influenced by Spanish yanga (“carelessly; without necessity”). Compare Proto-Bantu *-yȧng- (“dance in joy”) and Kongo -yangalala (“be happy”).


blasom

“Kalaahi paas wail flowaz. “Du flowaz, gwaan blasom so mi kyan put yu ina mi ier.” […]”

(Can we date this quote?), Ursula Nafula, Jesse Pietersen, Georgette McGlashen, “Kalaahi talks to plants”, in Global Storybooks (in Jamaican Creole), page 5:

Kalaahi went by some wild flowers. "Oh, flowers. Please keep blooming so that I can put you in my hair. […]


chos

kaaz mi ier bout ou yu chos iina di Laad Jiizas an ou yu lov aal a Gad piipl.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Failiiman 1:5:

because I hear of your trust in the Lord Jesus and your love for all believers.


haffi

Mi haffi cook dina fi miself.


guzu

goozoo (alternative)
guzum (alternative)

Sis mine him uncle guzu yu!

Sis, be careful, or his uncle might put a curse on you.

bewitch, curse, hex (use black magic on someone)


bless up

Everything bless up?

“Yow, Santa, what a gwaan? Everything bless up? How Rudolph and di reindeer dem? Hear say Blitzen hoof did a gi him likkle trouble, him good now? […]”

2017, Daviot Kelly, “Kelly's World: Santa, mi have an excuse!”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in Jamaican Creole):

Yo, Santa, wazzup? Everything okay? How are Rudolph and the reindeer? I heard Blitzen was having a little trouble with his hoof [/hooves]. Is he okay now? […]


bless up

Bless up yuself and enjoy your retirement, Mama P.

Mama P, I respect you; enjoy your retirement.

“Big up who fi big up and bless up who fi bless up. Di usual spec to all Ragashanti Live listeners. […]”

2018, Ragashanti, “Big money scam”, in The Jamaica Star (in Jamaican Creole):

Respect to those who deserve respect. Praise to those who deserve praise. As always, listeners of Ragashanti Live, I respect you. […]

(imperative) To be thought of as praiseworthy by someone else ; to have someone's respect. (display of affection or praise)


chrai

Derived from English try; compare Belizean Creole chrai.

Den di Uoli Spirit tek Jiizas iina di dezot so di devl kuda chrai fi mek im du rang.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 4:1:

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.


bruck

Car, bus and truck a bruck down.

Cars, buses, and trucks are breaking down.

“Min' yuh bruck Jane collar-bone, Tom! Tek yuh foot off o' de desk, […]”

2001, Lindsay McNab, Imelda Pilgrim, Marian Slee, Skills in English: 2 (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 45:

"Mind you don't break Jane's collarbone, Tom. Don't step on the desk, […]

Luv it when mi sink it you quint it a so mi bruck.

I love when I go deep inside of you and you contract your vaginal muscles. I can't help but cum.

“Cocky gone up inna har. She seh she feel sumpn tough inna har. Mi 4 pocket full up wid money but. Mi a fuck till mi bruck inna har. […]”

2012, Iyara, “Whine Up Lyrics - Iyara”, in Metrolyrics (in Jamaican Creole):

My cock went inside her. She said she felt something hard inside her. My 4 pockets were full of cash. I fucked her until I came inside of her. […]


fenneh

From Akan fè (“to vomit”) and Akan nè (“to cack”).

fennay (alternative)
fennea (alternative)
fene (alternative)

'Tap ramp wid di dawg. If 'im bite yuh, yuh fenneh!

Stop teasing the dog. If he bites you, you'll be sorry!

Di gyal pretty yuh fenneh.

to become sick; to feel faint; to be in distress; to be in pain


affi

Y'affi trang if yuh waan mek it inna di worl'.

You have to be strong if you want to make it in the world.

Mi a try mi best because mi affi deh yah fi mi son.

2020 December 31, Jason Cross, “Man Shot Dead On Quick ATM Run On Christmas Day”, in Jamaica Gleaner (in English):

I'm trying my best because I have to be here for my son.


anuh

Compound of a (“am/is/are/was/were”) + nuh (“not”).

A: A me tell yuh fi dweet? B: Anuh yuh but mi know seh a dat yuh woulda seh.

A: Did I tell you to do it? B: No, it wasn't you, but I knew that's what you would say.

Can you imagine if technology never out and COVID come in, anuh the virus woulda kill we innu, just the fact dat yuh nah see nobody, hear from nobody alone woulda kill we.

2021 January 5, Shereita Grizzle, “Bellyful Of Laughter At ‘Comedy Cook-Up’”, in Jamaica Gleaner:

Am not; is not; are not; was not; were not.


kaaz

[…]protekshan fram tingz we wi kaaz dem fi no av no wok.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 23.1:


laaf

im se tu dem se, “Di uol a unu kum out! Kum out! Di pikni no ded; a sliip shi a sliip.” An di piipl dem staat laaf aafa im.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 9:24:

he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him.

Im a laaf afta wi.

2015, The Open Grammar Project, A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican:


jringk

Tap jringk waata wan bot yu fi jringk likl wain tu fi elp yu tumok an fi mek yu no so siki-siki.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Timoti 5:23:

Stop drinking just water, but also drink a little wine to help your stomach and other infirmities.


dongluod

Unu kyan dongluod di vidiyo.


paadn

“A wa rang wid da man ya duo iihn? Ou im fi se dem sitn de? Im a disrispek Gad! No onggl Gad wan kyan paadn sin?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 2:7:

"Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"


waahn

Evribadi av di rait fi get wok, fi chuuz friili di taip a wok dem waahn, fi av gud an fier workin kandishanz an protekshan fram tingz we wi kaaz dem fi no av no wok.

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.


muuv

Laad, mi sorvant de a yaad a lidong an kyaahn muuv. Som wikid pien a lik im.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 8:6:

Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."


big op

big up (alternative)
bigop (alternative)

Siin az di konchri dem we a paat a da dakyument ya bout Di Raits dem we Evribadi Av ina di Worl, don alredi pramis demself tugeda wid di Yuunaitid Nieshan, fi big op an spred rispek evriwe (worlwaid rispek) fi di selibrieshan a di raits dem we piipl av an di biesik tingz dem we dem frii fi du,

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl Introduction:

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,


a-go

We im a-go?

We im a-go iit?

Bokit a-go a wel aal die, wan die di batam wi drap out.

A bucket that goes down the well all day long, one day the bottom will drop out.

Mi a-go tel unu wa unu a-go si, so wen unu si dat unu a-go nuo se a im. Unu a-go si wan biebi rap op iina wan biebi blangkit an a lidong iina di baks we di animal dem nyam outa.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 2:12:

You will recognize him by this sign: you will find the child wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.

present indicative, participle, and gerund of go.


biliiv

Bot sumadi we biliiv iina Gad kyari wan neda sumadi we biliiv go kuot—wos kyari dem go infronta wan joj we no biliiv iina Gad.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 6:6:

Instead one believer takes another believer to court, and places the issue before unbelievers!


uol

[…] Bot sumadi a uol it bak. An di wan we a uol it bak a-go gwaan uol it til im get muuv outa di wie.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Tesiluoniyan 2:7:

[…] however he who now restrains it will continue to do so until he is out of the way.


tingk

Unu si siem laik ou Krais Jiizas tan, a siem so unu fi tan tu, an unu fi tingk jos laik ou im tingk

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Filipiyan 2:5:

In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus.


apm

Dem did a chat bout evriting wa apm.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 24:14:

And they talked together of all these things which had happened.


tiich

Taitos, yu afi tiich wa rait; yu afi tiich di chuut.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Taitos 2:1:

You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.


priich

So mi wel waahn fi kom priich di Gud Nyuuz tu aal a unu we de a Ruom tu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 1:15:

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.


kyari

Kaaz evribadi mos kyari dem uona luod.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Gyalieshan 6:5:

for each one should carry their own load.


yuuz

Nou wi nuo se di Laa a gud sopm, ef it yuuz laik ou it fi yuuz.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Timoti 1:8:

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.


andastan

So Jiizas se tu dem se, "So a andastan unu stil no andastan?"

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 8:21:

Then Jesus said to them, "Don’t you understand yet?"


ruul

An im aalwiez a-go ruul uova Jiekob piipl, Izrel; an im a-go ruul fi eva an eva.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 2:28:

He will rule over the people of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.


komiin

Jiizas aks dem se, “Ou Gad kindom tan? Wa it komiin laik?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 13:18:

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

Wen yu tingk bout Jeuova Gad, wa yu tingk im komiin laik? Yu tingk im big an powaful bot im de faar faar fram yu, laik di staar dem we wie op iina spies? Ar yu tingk im komiin laik wan orikien, we big an powaful bot na’av no fiilinz? Bot wa Jeuova riili komiin laik?

2021, “Wa Jeuova Komiin Laik?”, in JW.org:

When you think about Jehova, what do you imagine him to be like? Do you think of him as big and powerful but far from you, like the stars in space? Or do you picture him like a hurricane, big and powerful but having no feelings? But what does Jehova really look like?


gweehn

Unu gweehn nuo di chuut, an di chuut gweehn frii unu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 8:32:

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.


sidong

‘Di Laad se tu fi mi Laad se:
“Sidong a mi rait-an-said
til mi put yu enimi dem anda yu fut”’

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 22:44:

The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet"'?


lisn

Enibadi we av iez, lisn gud.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 13:9:


kudn

Dem kudn ansa dat niida.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 14:6:


diil

(Di paat we diil wid laa an aada in sosaiyata)

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 28:

The part that deals with law and order in society


disorv

Evribadi disorv ful iikwaliti tu a fier an poblik kuot kies[…]

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 10:

Everybody deserves full equality to a fair and public court case […]


sopuot

Evribadi, uu a paat a sosaiyati, av di rait tu di sopuot an protekshan we di govament gi fi elp dem out ina laif wen dem kyaahn elp demself, til tingz get bak beta fi dem.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 22:

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security […]


disrispek

Siin az disrispek an iet sieka piipl raits kaaz som wikid tingz fi apm,

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl Inchrodokshan:

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts […]


weehn

Kaaz mi did onggri an unu neehn gi mi notn fi nyam. Wen mi chuot weehn jrai unu neehn gi mi notn fi jringk.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 25:42:

Because I hungered and you gave me nothing to eat. When my throat was dry you gave me nothing to drink.

A wen wi si yu, no nuo yu, an weehn tek yu iina wi ous?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 25:38:

We saw you, didn't know you, yet took you into our house?

So Piita se, “Di tuori we yu weehn tel di Farisii piipl dem, a wa yu did miin?”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 15:15:

So Peter said "The story that you told the Pharisees, what did it mean?

Auxilliary to its following verb, used to mark past tense.

an se tu dem se, “A dis unu fi tel evribadi se, ‘Im falara dem kom iina di nait an kom tiif im badi wen wi weehn a sliip.’

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 28:13:

and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him [Jesus' body] away while we were asleep.’

combined with a, da or de to show durative or progressive action in the past


tek kier a

“Roun dem taim de Muoziz did baan. Im a did wan priti-priti biebi. Im faada an mada did av im iina dem ous a tek kier a im fi chrii mont.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 7:20:

At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house,


tiif

Siem taim dem a go de-so, som a di gyaadi dem go iina di toun go tel di ed priis dem evriting we apm. Afta dat, di ed priis dem miit op wid di elda dem an kuk op wan plan. Dem gi di suoja dem wan uol iip a moni an se tu dem se, “A dis unu fi tel evribadi se, ‘Im falara dem kom iina di nait an kom tiif im badi wen wi weehn a sliip.’

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 28:11-13:

While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13and said, "Tell people, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.


riich

“Di biga bwai pikni did de a grong. Wen im riich nier di ous, im ier myuuzik a plie.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 15:25:

"Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.


mash op

Derived from English smash up or mash up.

Uu jrap pan da stuon ya a-go brok op iina piisiz, an uu it jrap pan a-go mash op bad bad.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 21:44:

The person who falls on this stone will be broken, and on whomever that stone falls, that person will be crushed.

Bot di LAAD jos sen wahn chrang piis a briiz pan di sii, an it ton out iina wahn staam so chrang it shiek op di ship til it nieli mash op.

2023, Book of Jonah [Buk af Juona], Wycliffe Bible Translators Caribbean, Juona 1:4:

But the Lord sent a terrible wind across the sea, creating a violent storm that threatened to break up the ship.

Notn ina dis ya dakyument ya bout Di Raits dem we Evribadi Av ina di Worl fi get yuuz outa plies bai eni konchri, gruup ar smadi fi get involv ina eni saat a diilinz we fi mash op eni a di raits an sitn dem we piipl frii fi du we rait dong ina ya so.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 30:

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.


av seks

Unu no nuo se enibadi we sliip wid wan uman we sel ar badi fi moni, ton paat a ar badi tu? Kaaz it rait dong iina Gad wod se, “Wen man an uman av seks, it komiin laik se dem badi ton wan.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 6:16:

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh."


baptaiz

Derived from English baptize, from Middle English baptisen, baptizen, from Old French baptiser, batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizō, baptizāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge, baptize”).

der

Az Jiizas don baptaiz so, wen im a kom op outa di waata, aal av a sodn evn uopm op an im si Gad Spirit a kom dong pan im laka wan dov.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3:16:

As soon as Jesus was baptized, when he came up out of the water, the heavens suddenly opened up, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down upon him like a dove.

(Christianity) to baptize (perform the sacrament of baptism)


shiem

[…] enibadi we shiem dem breda ar sista an tel dem ou dem woklis an dem sitn de, unu a-go afi go a di tap-a-tap joj dem

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 5:22:

[…] anybody that shames their brother or sister, and tells them how worthless they are, and such things, will have to go before the highest judges


lickwood

Lickwood means rewind, a gunshot means forward. You requested it, so we rewind

1991, Cutty Ranks, “The Stopper (Main Attraction Remix)”, in The Stopper, The remixer Main Attraction samples this quote from DJ Jah Walton:

(slang) To hit the wall to show enthusiasm for the music, as a gesture of excitement at a dancehall event


chriit

Wen Jiizas lef de-so di Farisii an di Laa tiicha dem staat fi chriit im wikid. Dem aks im wan bag a chriki kwestiyan, so dem kuda kech im an yuuz wa im se gens im.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 11:53-54:

As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say

Nobadi no fi taacha nobadi ar chriit dem bad, laik se dem a no smadi ar shiem dem op bad ar ponish dem.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 5:

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.