To look or notice something/someone

We also use that word here in Panama. On the Caribbean side of the country. We are very much Caribbean in ideosincracy.

Gus was a friend of mine who was a great guy who was very easy and give us the best of all the things he told us and

this bird is so pretty

A big obnoxious person who has no class

Yeah mon Mi granny use fi a tell mi dat

It great explaination. Big up

persimon variety

´´´GROWING UP OR LIVING IN BELIZE WILL SURELY MAKE YOU LEARN OR APPRECIATE - MANY OF US KNOW THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF ENJOYING ,,,,, SOME HABANERO PEPPERS GREEN RIPE OR OF DIFFERENT COLOURS ´´´´´´´´´´´´´ISAIAH 40 ´8 .............

festival and fish nice

Could you please explain me the saying I found in a book "Indipendent Jankro fly high"? Thank you.

We also call it malicious when you too nosey Malicious, gypsy = NOSEY

Jumbie is more of a malicious spirit than the ghost of a dead person/ animal. If it’s supernatural and has bad intentions that’s a jumbie right there

Southern US and Midland US : conceited, vain. 2 Southern US and Midland US : rudely self-important : impudent never acted biggety in court, but she would bow her head only so low

Ayalard ! this fish is rotten

In Jamaica, in my parish of St. Mary, we refer to elastic band as pinggum.

Guyanese also say this

"informa fi dead"

My absolute favourite mango. Best when not too ripe.

Los ancianos de la tribu se reunieron para hablar del destino del joven.

Tendency to eat anything without discrimination of its source or location, usually in great quantities

beautiful bird

Saw one of these today in my back yard! Awesome bird!

We also took the black seed to make earrings

It is a short hair styles

Duncy bat

Rubbers

I didn’t want to bring all my carouches to my new house.

This is one of my favs.😃🇧🇧 What a great start to a handy resource - will share this. seawomanscaribbeanwriting.org

"That man smelling like my cacahole"

Yek, this is just plain nasty. This might get the man sick rather that control him but all the same here is the trick... Ah know some of the ladies taking note eh. To put it as simple as I can this is simply dried poop that is parched and sprinkled on the persons food.

Weh yuh pickup dah slackness deh English: Where did you pickup that bad behavior

Wha gwan, blood- what's up friend

The trick of this "tie" works something like this: The woman undresses and in a naked state goes into the kitchen where she kneads the flour (naked as she born eh) with her left hand (I eh know why eh so don't ask me). The resulting dumpling or bake is then served to the man especially when he wants the cookie eh. Tobago tricks better than Trinidad tricks eh so in this case yuh tie for life.

Mi waah tree a dem (english) I want three of them

from master or massa. Now freed from its class origin; a respectful form of address to an older man.

The slang term “Ting” is a noun, the word is Jamaican/Caribbean way of saying “thing” but ting is widely used to reference a beautiful girl.

Di pot kin ova- the pot collapsed

It is a popular street food in Trinidad and Tobago, and in Guyana, served with tamarind or mango chutney.

Never heard it I’m guynese

slightly insane; crazy. "you have to be a little touched to do my job"

Je hebt dit woord misschien al vaker gehoord, het is het Spaanse woord voor hoer. ‘Puta’ heeft dezelfde betekenis in het Papiaments.

A small tree with low spreading branches, which bares a hard shell gourds that were used extensively to make drinking utensils and bowls. The gourd can be shaped when young to produce different types of vessels

Ask, as in to ax ah question. Same word and meaning but different pronunciation.

Alloo Pie East Indian delicacy, a soft fried bread filled with seasoned and spiced potato. A popular Trinidad festival food and appetizer.

This is from Igbo ísí íké, (head + hard, strength), meaning “obstinate”

We say "Small up yourself!”

Chicken – Someone who is very slim or meagre.

Also Cassie - Someone with crossed eyes

The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America. The female ranges in length from 9-11 in (23-28 cm) with a wingspan of 21-24 in (53-61 cm) and weighs an average of 4.2 oz (120 g). The length of the male varies between 8-10 in (20-25 cm) with a wingspan ranging from 20-22 in (51-56 cm) and weighing an average of 3.9 oz (111 g).