Trending Words on Jamaican Patwah

have to

Patois: Yuh nuh haffi duh that
English: You don't have to do that

Sugar Daddy

Someone who thinks they are in an intimate/sexual relationship with another person that is based on love but in reality, he/she is used only for finical benefits

Patois: Yuh nuh haffi worry about dat , mi boops will pay fi everyting
English: You don’t have to worry about that, my sugar daddy will pay for everything

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

If

(patois) Eff it nuh right, nuh dweet
(english) If it isn’t right, don’t do it

hello

Expression used to greet people.

Patois: Hail up, wah yuh up to?
English: Hello, what are you up to?

You

Rasta slang for “you”.

(patois) Yow I-yah
(english) Hey you

Rastafarian slang used to describe food that is in its natural state; does that contain any artificial elements. This term is also used to describe food that is cooked with very little or no salt.

Patois: Bredrin, mi nuh waah nuh ital callaloo
English: Brethren, I don’t want any calalloo without salt on it

Lifestyle

The way a person or group people Iive.

Patois: Di Rastafari livity ah promote peace.
English: The Rastafari lifestyle promotes peace.

Rastafarian

Slang term used to refer to a Rastafarian who wears dreadlocks.

Patois: Check di natty dread fi sum more weed
English: Check the dreadlocks man for some more weed

Cat doesn’t have any business in a dog’s fight

Keep out of what does not concern you

weed group

This is a group of people who smoke weed together at specified places

Patois: Dem Babylon cum here every Chewsday caaz dem kno weed jam smoke weed deh
English: The police comes here every Tuesday because they know that the weed group smokes weed there

Surpass

To be better than anyone or anything

Patois: Mi nuh fraid a dem, cah mi a beat dem bad
English: I'm not afraid of them, because I'm better than them.