Trending Words on Jamaican Patwah

BMW

Slang term for a bmw motor vehicle

Patois: Dem yah gyal yah only drive inna bad man wagon
English: These girls only drive in BMWs

It's not the same day a leaf drops to the bottom of the water that it begins to rots

Success doesn't happen over night

Chalice

A type of smoking pipe mainly used as Rasta rites.

Patois: Mi wah fi load up di chalwa
English: I want to load up the Chalice

desire

Rastafarian term for desire

Patois: Nuh man kno mi I-sire pon dis worl
English: No man knows my desire on this world.

Greetings

Used in the state of greeting someone

Patois: Yes I Breda man
English: Greetings Brother

Everything is just great.

Jamaican expression used to state that everything is ok

(patois) ”Sistren, how yu do?” all fruits ripe
(english) "Sister, how are you doing?” everything is just great

You know

An interjection, often used to point out something that your conversation partner doesn't know, but should

Patois: Fram yestideh mi a wuk, mi tiad enuh
English: I’ve been working since yesterday, I’m tired you know

Informer

Someone who gives up incriminating evidence on another person(snitch), usually to the police

(patois) Dem a informah
(english) They are snitches

Complete

Used to describe something completed to it's highest degree of perfection

Patois: Give thanks and praises for the fullness in the scriptures for it gives I N I strength to overcome evil
English: I am grateful for the completeness in the scriptures for it gives me strength to overcome evil

What's happening

Literal translation - "What's going down?"

Patois: Wat a guh dung a di paati tomorrow?
English: What's happening at the party tomorrow?