Abeng.
a cow horn used to send coded signals across the hills
- Kind
- word
- Heard in
- Trelawny, Cockpit Country
Patois is a language in its own right, with grammar that is not English grammar. The meaning above is how the conversation uses this phrase, not a word-for-word translation. The Patwa is a draft still awaiting review by Jamaican speakers.
Heard in the same place
- Nuh lef di trail.Don’t leave the trail.
- Wah mek?Why is that?
- Weh dis place name?What is this place called?
- Dat heavy fi true.That is genuinely heavy.
- Big up yuhselfRespect to you
- Mi a follow yuh.I’m following you.
- Land of Look Behindthe historic nickname colonial soldiers gave the Cockpit Country frontier