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| Patwa (Jamaican Patois) | Play audio | Translation | Edit link |
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| MAAMA MAN |
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a homosexual man, an effeminate man a weakling |
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| MAAS |
n. from master or massa. Now freed from its class origin a respectful form of address to an older man |
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| MACCA |
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thorn, prickle dangerous |
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| MACCA BACK |
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boney fish used to make fish soup | |
| Mad, sick... |
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(adj.) different from the rest | |
| MADDA | mother | ||
| MAFIA |
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big-time criminals | |
| MAGA | thin (from meagre) (5) | ||
| MAGA DOG |
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mongrel | |
| MAMPI |
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Fat or overweight | |
| MANACLES |
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chains | |
| MANNERS |
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under heavy discipline or punishment. for example when Kingston is under "heavy manners", they have a curfew or call out the army. | |
| MARINA |
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a man's undershirt, guernsey; a tank-top style. | |
| MAROON |
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n. free black warrior-communities which successfully resisted British hegemony during eighteenth century and early nineteenth century From Spanish cimmaron- untamed, wild |
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| MASCOT |
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denoting inferior status | |
| MASH IT UP |
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a huge success | |
| MASH UP, MASH DOWN |
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destroy | |
| MASSIVE |
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respected , used with LARGE to add emphasis | |
| MATE, MATEY |
the 'other' woman mistress |
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| MEK WE |
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Let Us | |
| MENELIK, RAS |
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n. Ethiopian nobleman who rallied his troops to resist Italian aggression. Defeated Italians at Adowa 1896 | |
| Mi | (n.) ME, I, Myself | ||
| Mogel |
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(n.) Poser (v.) Show off, pose |
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| MONKS | amongst | ||
| MORE TIME |
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see you later | |
| MR. MENTION |
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Talk of the town, originally talk of the females signifying someone with many female conquests | |
| MR. T |
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the boss | |
| MUS MUS |
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a rat | |
| Mussi |
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must be E.g. Him mussi a eediat to be drinking and driving! | |
| MY BABY MOTHER/FATHER |
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the mother/father of my child (1,6) | |
| MYAL |
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n. a form of benign magic oposed to Obeah, hence myalman. From Hursa maye-wizard, person of mystic power. |
