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Jamaican English Dictionary

niyamen

Definition

a
a didutty duppy man dweet
a door
a fe me car
a fe me cyar
a go
a wanirie likkle place
a who dat
aan
aaty
ackee
actoba
a-doors
agany
A-go
agony
ah good
aks
aldoah
alias
alla wi
alms ouse
an
anaodda
anda
anedda
ansah
ar
areddi
aringe
artical
ascordin
asham
ave
awile
ax
axe
axe ar de question
axe har de question
ay ray
baas
babylon
backa
back-aff
backative
backside
backways
bad
bad bad bad
bad bwai
bad mine
bad mout
bad wud
badda
badda badda
badderation
baddest
bade
badi
badness
bafan
bafang
baggy
bag-o-wire
bak chat
bakra
bald-head
ball an chain
balmyard
bamba yay
bambu
bammy
bandooloo
bandulu
bandulu bizness
bangarang
bankra
bans
bashment
bat
bata
batta
battabout
battam
batty
batty rider
battybwoy
bawl
bawl out
bawn
bawn back a cow
bawn-ya
bax
bax juice
baybee
bayfoot
bear
beast
beenie
beeny
beg
Beg yuh carry wan aerated wata fi mi deh
behine
ben dung
ben johnson day
betta
bex
bhuttu
bickle
big bout yah
big tings a gwan
big up
bigga
biggis
bissy
bizniz
black out
black up
blackheart man
bling bling
bly
boad
boas
boasie
boasify
boasin tone
bobbo dread
bobo
bokkle
booguyaga
boonoonoonoos
boonoonoonous
boonoonunus
boots
Boottu
boun fi
bout
box
braa
braata
brawta
breda
breden
bredren
breed
brindle
bringle
brinks
brought upsi
brownin
bruck out
bruck up
bruk
bruk up
bubu
buck up
Buckup
bucky
bud
buddy
bugga
buguyaga
buk shot
bull bucka
bulla
bullah
bully beef
bumba clot
bumbo
bumpa
bumptious
bun
bungo
bunks
bunks mi res
bus
bush
bush docta
bush tea
buss-out
butoo
bwan
bwile
bwoy
callalou
card
cat
cease
cepes
cerace
cerfitikat
cha
chaka chaka
chaka-chaka
chalice
chant
chatabax
chi-chi mon
chimey
chimmy
cho
chobble
chups
clap
clath
clot
Coal Stove
coco
codeh
coil
collie
come dung
come een like
come yah
control
controwl
coo 'pon
coo yah
coohya
cool runnings
cooly
cork up
corn
cotch
cotta
crab
craven
crewtial
cris
criss or crissas
crissars
crocus bag
cromanty
crosses
crucial
cubbitch
cudjo
culture
cum
cumbolo
cuponyuh
cuss-cuss
cut yai
cutchie
cuvitchous
cyaan
cyan
da people
da scroll
daal
dally
dan
dan dada
darkers
dasheen
dat
dat deh
dat is fe mi bredda
data mi bredda
dawg
dawta
de
dead ood
deaders
ded lef
deestant
dege dege
dege-dege
deh
deh deh
deh ere
dehso
dem
dem deh
dey
dey 'pon
deya
di
dibby dibby
did yuh see dat
dinki
dis
dis cyar a my own
dis cyar is fe mi own
dis ya
diss
djew
dogheart
dolly
don gorgon
donkya
dont
doti
downpressor
draw card
dread
dreadlocks
dready
dressback
dub
duck-ants
dukunu
dundus
dung
dungle
duns
duppy
Duppy Conqueror
dutchy
dutty
dweet
e
ear
ear-sey
ease-up
easy nuh
ee-eeeee
eeh
ello
Ello dere
ends
evah
everyweh
expek
fa
faastie
Fada
fadda
falla fashin
fambly
fas
fas'
fassy
fayva
fe
fe real
feel no way
feel nuh way
fenke fenke
fenky-fenky
fenneh
fenney
fi
fi dem
fiesty
figet
first light
fit
fiyah
flayva
flex
flim
flowas
forward
fren
fresh
fronta
funds
gaan
gaan to bed
gal
galang
Galang bout yuh business
ganja
gansey
gates
get salt
gi
gimmi
ginnal
ginnygog
glamity
godeh
gorgon
GramMa
Grampa
graValicious
gravelicious
grindsman
grounation
ground
groung
guzoo
gwan
gwey
Gyal
hab
hackle
haffi
Hail
hard
hard ears
heap
heetch
herb
hiez
higgle
him
Him smell green
hitey titey
hole
hole yuh cahna
homely
hood
hortical
hot
hot-stepper
i
i-dren
iez
iez-haad
ignorant
ilie
Im
Im noh have noh broughtupsy
I-man
in'
i-ney
inna
inna di morrows
i-rey
irie
Is a Irie likkle place
is the dutty duppy man dweet
i-shence
ital
i-tal
ites
izes
jackass rope
jah
jah know
jam-down
Jamdung
jammin
jancro
janga
jelly
jon connu
jook
judgin'
juu
kali
kallaloo
kass kass
kata
kaya
kemps
Ketch
ketch up
ketch yuh Layta
kin teet
kiss me neck
kiss mi neck back
kiss teet
kjarri
kouchie
kreng-kreng
ku
ku deh
ku pan
ku ya
ku yu
kya
kyai
kyan
laba-laba
labba labba
labba mout
labrish
lagga head
lambsbread
large
latta
Lawd
lef
lef mi Nuh
leggo
leggo beas'
len
let off
letoff
liad
lick
licky licky
licky-licky
likkle
likkle mo
likky-likky
lilly bit
lion
little more
lyad
maama man
ma'ama man
maas
maca
macka
mada
madda
maga
maga dog
mampi
manacles
manners
marina
mas
mascat
mascot
mash it up
mash up
maskitta
massiVe
matey
mawga
mawning
mek we
memba
mi
Mi a go lef tiday
Mi a-go lef today
mi back a hat mi
mi bak a hat mi
Mi belly ah gripe mi
Mi did de deh pan Chewsday
Mi did dedeh on Chewsday
mi fren
Mi like yuh cris cyar
mine
mo
mo' time
mon
monks
montel
more time
mud up
mus mus
my baby father
my baby mother
myal
nah
nana
nanny goat
nash
natty congos
nazarite
nex
niyamen
no
no kya
no true
notch
nuff
nuh
nuh true
nuhwhey
numba
nuttin
Nyam
nying-i-nying
nying'i-nying'i
obeah
oddah
o-dokono
oht fi
one loVe
one-one
ongle
ooman
oonu
Ooo goes dere
Ooo goes there
ova
ow
Ow ole yuh is
paki
panqoote
papaa
pat
pattan
patu
payaka
peel-head
peenywally
peer
phensic
pickney
picky head
picky picky
picky-picky
pikny
pinda
pira
pity-me-likl
pocomania
polytricks
polytricksters
pon
poppyshow
poppy-show
prefa
prento
pumpum
pum-pum
punaani
punany
pupalick
pussy clot
puttin' away
putto putto
puttus
pwile
pyaa pyaa
pyaa-pyaa
pyaka
pyu
Quashi
quashie
quattie
quing-up
Quips
raas
raatid
Rahtid
rail up
ram
ram goat
ranking
ras
ratbat
rat-bat
ratchet
raw
rawda
red
red eye
red yeye
renk
rhaatid
rhygin
rispeck due
risto
rizzla
roots
roti
rude boy
ruff
run-dung
running belly
ryal
s'
salt
sal'ting
sambo
samfy
sanfi
sankey
sata
satta
science
scientist
scout
screechie
screw
See you on Satcherday
see yu pan Satday
seen
sekkle
sey
shag
shake out
shampata
she a mi bess bess fren
she is my best fren
sheg
sheg-up
shepherd
shoob
sidung
sight
simiya
sinsemilla
sinting
sipple
sista
sister
sittin'
skank
skin
skin teeth
skin your teeth
skisms
slackness
smaddy
smadi
smalls
soft
so-so
soundbwoy
spliff
spring
star
step
stoosh
string up
structure
stush
su su
sufferer
sugga
supm
su-su
tack
tall
tallawah
tallowah
tam
tambran switch
tan
tan'
tankari
tarra-warra
tata
tatu
tea
teeth
teif
tek
the i
thru'
ting
to the fullness
topanoris
toto
trace
transport
trash 'n ready
trickify
tumpa
twist
unda
unuh
upful
uphill
uptown
usband
Vank
vershun
vex
wa a gwan wid John
wa day
wa mek
wakl
walla walla
wanga
wanga-gut
warra warra
warra-warra
wata
watchy
watchya
wattagwan wid John
whafedoo
whappen
wh'appen
whatlef
whe day
wheels
whey
Whey yuh a sey
whey yuh name
whites
who hab mi watch
who hav mi watch
wholeheap
winda
wine
winjg
winjy
wis
wok
wood
ya
ya no see it
yabba
yaga yaga
yahso
yai
yard
yello
youth
yow
yuh
yuh didsee dat
yuh no dun yet
yuh nuh dun yet
yush
yute
yz
zeen
zion
zungu pan

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