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EASE-UP: to forgive, to lighten up. “Ease up uno self” (Relax yourselves.)
EAT UNDA SHEET: Expression of performing oral sex.
EAZ HAAD: Ears hard. Means stubbornness or thickskulled; one who doesn’t listen. “Yu rass claat haad eaz” (You are damn stubborn.). See IEZ HAAD.
EFF: If
ENDS: A place. “Mi a go pon one ends still” (I am going to one place).
EVELING: Evening
EVERYTING COOK & CURRY: all is well, all is taken care of
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FA: For. “Wa mek yu dweet fa?” (Why did you do it for?)
FAAS: Fast. “Tap drive faas” (Stop driving fast).
FACETY/FAASTIE: Bad mannered and nasty; acting fresh.
FALLA FASHIN: Copycat
FAMBLY: Family.
FAS’: to be fast with, meaning to be rude, impertinent, to meddle with sombody’s business, to be forward, etc.
FASSY: eczema-like scratchy sores on the skin; also a verb meaning to cause oneself to be covered with fassy by scratching.
FAYVA: to favour, resemble, or look like; “fayva like” also means “it seems as if”. “‘Im a fava a dinna pig” (He resembles the size of a pig.) “She faYva har mudda” (She looks like her mother.)
FE: the infinitive “to” as in “Have fe go”. “a fe” (Have to…) “fe dem” (their…)
FEEL NO WAY: don’t take offense, don’t be sorry, don’t worry
FENKY-FENKY: choosy, proud, stuck-up. From “finicky”
FENNEH: v. to feel physical distress, pain. From Twi “fene”, to vomit; “Fante fena” (to be troubled), “Lumba feno” (to faint)
FI: possessive. “fi me” (mine). Can also mean: “for” or “to”, as in “I ha’ fi” (I have to…) “Yu num fi du dat” (You are not to do that…)
FIAH: Fire; also used to designate the smoking of ganja. “More fiah!” (More weed!)
FIESTY: impudent, rude, out of order, cheeky.
FI MI/SHE/YU/IM: Mine, hers, yours, his. Possessive. “A fi mi cyar” (My car). “Fi dem” (Theirs.)
FIRST LIGHT: tomorrow
(HIM A) FISH: a gay person. See BATTYMAN/CHI CHI MAN
FIT: when used of fruits and vegetables, it means ready to pick and full grown, though not necessarily fully ripe. Said to a person,it means in good shape. “You haffe fit!”
FLEX: To chill and hang out having a time; to plan an activity.
FLIM: (camera) film. “Mi need fi buy flim becaa’ no flim in’ai camra” (I need to buy film because there is no film in the camera)
FOLLOW: To travel close to, to follow or seek. “Follow back a mi” (Follow me) “Di fly a follow yu head” (The fly is seeking your head.)
FOOT: Any part of the entire leg. “‘Im foot a bruk” (his leg is broken)
FORWARD: 1. to go, move on, set out 2. in the future
FRAM: From, since. “Mi dehya fram 6:00″ (I have been here since 6:00). “Fram when mi a pickney mi a dweet” (I have been doing it since I was a kid)
FREN’: Friend.
FRESH: Not ready, unripe; still bitter or sour. “Di juice a fresh still” (The juice is still raw tasting)
FROCK: Dress. Also an expression, e.g. “Fit ‘n frock” (everything is good). See EVERYTHING COOK ‘N CURRY
FRONTA: tobacco leaf used to roll herb
FUCKERY: wrong, unfair, Unjust. Not usually considered a bad word. “A fuckery dat” (That was a messed up thing).
(TO THE) FULLNESS : completely, absolutely, totally
FUNDS: Money
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“one one coco fill up a basket”: take it easy and fill up your shopping basket one item at a time.
Concordances: Mike Pawka
http://niceup.com/patois.txt
http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF97/malyce/dict.htm
http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF97/malyce/phrases.htm
http://www.earthcultureroots.com/index.html
http://www.speakjamaican.com/glossary.html
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drez // February 28, 2007 at 4:13 am |
“FIAH: Fire; also used to designate the smoking of ganja. “More fiah!” (More weed!)”
not true. this actually has a complex and essential meaning to it. More fiah would translate into “More righteousness!” or “More courage to project and stand up for the natural and right way to live!”