Definitions of "Iwah" (Slang)
- 1. Iwah
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English TranslationHour
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DefinitionIt is the Rastafarian Iyaric version of the word "hour". It has become an integral part of the Jamaican Creole. It is mostly used to mean hour or time in everyday life.
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Example SentencesPatois: I man deh cum inna di nex iwah
English: I'm coming in the next hour -
Related WordsBabylon , Ball head , Blessed , Bobo dread ,
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One of the key elements of the Rastafari language is the use of what is called "Iyaric," a form of Jamaican Patois that is considered to be the "holy language" of Rastafarians. Iyaric, also known as Dread Talk, is the Rastafari language created in defiance of English as an imposed colonial language that facilitated the loss of African languages among enslaved Afro-Caribbeans.
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