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LABA-LABA : to chat, gab; gossip. LABRISH
: gossip, chit-chat. |
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MAAMA MAN : a gay person, an effeminate man, a weakling MACA : thorn, prickle. MADDA : mother MAFIA : big-time criminals MAGA DOG : mongrel MAGA : thin (from meagre) MANACLES : chains MARINA : a man's undershirt, guernsey; a tank-top style. MAROON : n. free black warrior-communities which successfully resisted British hegemony during eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. From Spanish cimmaron-untamed, wild MASCOT : denoting inferior status MASH IT UP : a huge success MASH UP, MASH DOWN : destroy MAAS : n. from master or massa. Now freed from its class origin; a respectful form of address to an older man. MASSIVE : respected (6), used with LARGE to add emphasis MENELIK, RAS : n. Ethiopian nobleman who rallied his troops to resist Italian aggression. Defeated Italians at Adowa 1896 MONKS : amongst. MONTELL : The male version of a sketell, gigolo MORE TIME : see you later MR. T : the boss MUS MUS : a rat MY BABY MOTHER /FATHER : the mother/father of my child MYAL
: n. a form of benign magic oposed to Obeah, hence myalman. From Hursa
maye-wizard, person of mystic |
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NAGAH : n. pejorative for a black person NAGO : n. Yoruba person, practice or language. From Ewe anago-Yoruba person NAH : adv. will not. Emphatic as in "Me nah do that" NANA : midwife; nanny or nurse. NASH : female genatalia NATTY, NATTY DREAD, NATTY CONGO : 1. dreadlocks 2. a person with dreadlocks NAZARITE : Ancient Hebrew meaning to "separate", consecrated, set apart by choice and devotion NIYABINGHI : 1. "death to all black and white oppressors" 2. East African warriors who resisted colonial domination
4. referring to orthodox, traditional Rastas 5. a variety of drumming NIYAMEN : name for Rastas referring to Niyabinghi warriors of East Africa NO KYA : no matter, as in "no kya weh im tun", no matter where he turns. NO TRUE ? : isn't it so? NUH : interrogative at end of sentence; literally, "Is it not so?" NYAM : to eat. (TOO) NYAMI-NYAMI : title given to those who like to eat any food they encounter, without discretion NYING'I-NYING'I : nagging, whining. |
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O-DOKONO : boiled maize bread. OBEAH
: traditional African "science", relating to matters of the
spirit and spirits, spells, divinations, omens, OHT FI : about to, on the verge of, as in "it oht firain", it is about to rain, it looks like rain. ONE LOVE : a parting phrase, expression of unity ONE-ONE : adjective, one by one, thus any small amount. ONGLE : only. |
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PAKI : calabash, gourd. PAPAA : pawpaw, or papaya melon. PATU : owl. PAYAKA : heathen PYAKA : tricky or dishonest. PEEL-HEAD : bald-headed, usually certain chickens or vultures. PEENYWALLY : a kind of large fire fly, actually a type of flyig beetle. PEER : avocado pear. PICKY, PICKY HEAD : brush haircut. PICKY-PICKY : 1. finicky or choosy 2. Used of uncombed hair just starting to turn into dreadlocks. PIKNY : pickaninny, child. PINDA : peanut. PIRA : a low wooden stool. PITY-ME-LIKL : a type of very tiny red ant whose bite is so hot and long-lasting it resembles a sting. POCOMANIA, POCO : christian revival, distinct drum rhythm POLYTRICKS : politics (by Peter Tosh) POLYTRICKSTERS : politicians (by Peter Tosh) POPPY-SHOW : from puppet show, it is used in the idiom, tek smadi mek poppy-show, which means to make fun of someone or shame them, making them look ridiculous. PUM-PUM : a woman's genitals PUNAANI or PUNNI : a woman's genitals PUPPALICK : somersalt. PUTTIN' AWAY : a preposition, meaning "except for", or "except". PYAA-PYAA : sickly, weak; feeble, of no account. PYU : from spew; verb used of running sores or anything similarly dripping or oozing. |
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QUASHIE : n. peasant, country bumpkin, coarse and stupid person; racial pejorative generic term for blacks; originally Twi name of a boy born on a Sunday QUIPS : 1. nouns (from squips) a tiny piece or amount. 2. verb, the Jamaican art of washing clothes making a "squips-squips" sound. |