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Definitions of "Yawz"


1. Yawz


English Translation

Yaws


Definition

Endemic treponematoses are a group of chronic bacterial infections caused by treponemes.

Highly infectious easily caught.


Example Sentences

Patois: Hold dog....mi no want him fi bite mi...him bad like yawz
Hold your dog, I don't want him to bite me, he will attack me
English: Dat deh man come like yaws.
That man is nasty/ contagious hard to get rid of



posted by Rani on July 30, 2015





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