JAMAICA DICTIONARY: P

Do all your Jamaican friends laugh at you every time you open your mouth and try to speak Jamaican? Jamaicanize your vocabulary here with our words that start with P. If you don't see a term, tell us and we'll put it up.

pat: pot

panqoote: low class. Someone who does something unqoote

papaa: pawpaw fruit

patu : very black

peenywally : firefly

peer: avaacado

picky picky: choosy, fickle, sparse

pickney: child

pon: on

poppyshow: laughable, ridiculous, show off

prefa: prefer

prento: apprentice, a mentee

punany: genitals, female

pumpum: genitals, female

putto putto: very soft

puttus: sweetheart, honey bunch. An affectionate term.

pupalick : to somersault

pwile: spoil

pyaa pyaa: sickly, feeble

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Related links
• Read "Fe real by Pauline" for Patois articles with a standard English translation
• Join ther members talking patois on the Coodeh message board.