Patois words from Westmoreland
40 words and phrases · grouped by the lesson that teaches them
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| run come | ron kom | come running, hurry over |
| bring come | bring kom | bring (here, toward me) |
| kyai go | kyai go | carry (away, to somewhere) |
| kyai go bring come | kyai go bring kom | carry-go-bring-come; carrying gossip |
| tek ... go gi | tek ... go gi | take ... and give to |
| run gaan lef | ron gaan lef | ran off and left (behind) |
| gwaan go | gwaan go | go on and (do something) |
| go look fi | go luk fi | go and visit |
| come tell | kom tel | come and tell |
| sen go call | sen go kaal | send for (someone) |
| mek | mek | make, let, so that (purpose) |
| dweet | dwiit | do it |
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| grung | grong | ground; farm plot, field |
| bush | bush | countryside; weeds, scrub |
| cutliss | kotlis | machete |
| chop bush | chap bush | clear land |
| plant | plaant | to plant |
| weed out | wiid out | to weed |
| crop / reap | krap / riip | to harvest |
| fit | fit | full-grown, ready to pick |
| spring | spring | sprouted, spoiled (of yam, corn) |
| cane piece | kien piis | sugar-cane field |
| banana walk | banaana waak | banana grove |
| yam hill | yam hil | yam mound |
| fowl | foul | chicken |
| rain a faal | rien a faal | it's raining |
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| evri maanin | evri maanin | every morning |
| evri day | evri die | every day |
| soon-a-maanin | suun-a-maanin | early in the morning |
| fram maanin | fram maanin | all day, since morning |
| always | aalwiez | always |
| a Sunday | a Sonde | on Sundays |
| don' | duon | don't / isn't / hasn't (general negative) |
| waan | waan | plain present marker (unemphatic) |
| wake | wiek | wake up |
| bade | bied | bathe |
| sweep di yaad | swiip di yaad | sweep the yard |
| feed di fowl dem | fiid di foul dem | feed the chickens |
| res | res | rest |
| bush tea | bush tii | herbal tea |
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