A term of endearment for a small person
Patois: Birdie, yuh luk even smalla todeh.
English: Birdie, you look even smaller today
A term often used to describe someone with light or fair skin.
Patois: Browning hav di fairest complexion.
English: The person with light skin, has the fairest complexion.
A male with a brown complexion
Patois: Brown Man have on glasses .
English: The person with a brown complexion, Brown Man, haves on glasses.
Tough
A person known for their resilience and strength
Patois: Tuffie neva back dung from a challenge.
English: The person known for their resilience, Tuffie, never backs down from a challenge.
A person who is notably short in stature
Patois: Shawt Man tell mi him a guh pon eh road.
English: The notably short person, Short Man, told me he is going on the road.