Hey everyone, I'm curious about something, have any of you used a Jamaican Patois translator web app, and if so do you find them to be useful? Are they any good at conveying the meaning of Patwah words and phrases accurately? I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Boris Bollinger
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means: "business"
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Business Buzzwords
En
JC
Circle back
Soerkl bak
Thought leader
Taat liida
Game changer
Giem chienja
Deep dive
Diip daiv
Buy-in
Bai-iin
Think outside the box
Tingk outsaid di bax
New normal
Nyuu naamal
Move the needle
Muuv di niidl...
This is a Patwah phrase that you use when you are talmbout where something is located or the whereabouts of a person or a group of people. Another variant phrase with a similar meaning is deh pan.
I suppose for simple expagoration purposes it's perhaps better to just think of this phrase with...
this is a Shona saying with a connotation of narcissism that means someone has an over-inflated ego—a huge sense of importance and wants to always be treated as though they were a deity.
A literal translation of kuda kuitwa Mwari is "they want to be appointed as God."
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1: do (i.e., to perform a task or an action)
2: cause problems for; cause damage to someone or something
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Pronunciation
Duh is pronounced as [ doo ] (or the same way you say "do" in World English), and sometimes it's written as du...
means phlegm i.e., a type of mucus secreted by the respiratory system, characterized by its thick, sticky consistency. The respiratory system produces and utilizes this often to battle inflammation and infections like the common cold, allergies, etc.
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Note: Phlegm is...
means a terrain with a steer drop in elevation e.g., a downhill, a mountain trail with a steep descent, a ski slope with a sharp drop-off, and something of that nature et cetera, et cetera.
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means epidemic parotitis ("mumps") i.e., a viral illness that causes swelling on the face and gives a person who has it a hamster typa look. BTW, in chiShona, this inflammatory viral infection of the salivary glands is also called mahumunya.
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this is literarily a replacement spouse that a man can get when his wife has passed on.
What is interesting is that traditionally the new spouse in this case is often s'posed to be a sibling (or a sister) of the woman who has passed away. They can also be a niece of the deceased. But nowadays...
means ngozi i.e., particularly an avenging spirit of a deceased biological parent to their child (or children) because their offspring did something terribly wrong against them. For example, murder, physical and verbal assault, etc.
That said, there are some people who think this type of ngozi...
1: which one? (i.e., a phrase you use when you are asking someone for the identification or selection of a specific item from a group or a list of things that has one more or options)
2: what's up? (or "how are you doing?")
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means a portion of something that you s'pose to get; or a legal entitlement you s'pose to receive after creating intellectual property, making an investment, or after a court ruling decision has been made e.g., stock dividend payments, a percentage of publishing royalties, your share of...
1: any tree
2: any herb (or traditional medicine)
3: any shrub
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Related terms for 1
En
Sn
Trees
Miti
Root
Mudzi
Roots
Midzi
Leaf
Shizha
Leaves
Mashizha
Branch
Bazi
Branches
Mapazi
Bark
Gwati
Barks
Makwati
Fruit...
1: to be buck naked
2: an image or a video that shows people engaging in erotic stuff (i.e., kumbulabulushula)
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Related terms for musvo
En
Sn
Blue movie
*Muriwo, *nyama, pono, *mabhakings, *musvombolimbo, *sombonyo
Buck naked person...
means "this"
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Other phrases containing dis
En
JC
This is it
Dis a hit
This much
Dis moch
To this day
Fi dis die
This minute
Dis minit
This is your life
Dis a fi yu laif
On this account
Aan dis akount
Watch this space
Wach dis spies
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