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Meanings of terms used on WCD

Moderated by: Ravindra   New Topic Reply Print Author Post Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Fri Mar 18th, 2005 05:23 pm Quote Reply K i've seen that in corentyne too..but u know those folks have diff names up there...! JaneR ps nice site..im having so much fun!!! thanks for sending!!! sugacane Member   Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:    Posts:  80 Mana:   Posted: Sat Mar 19th, 2005 01:59 am Quote Reply Ok JaneR, here goes.... Brie-ga  -  to play hard fuh get or to refuse something that you really want. Bad-eye  -  display of jealousy, or to wish evil on someone else. Chim-tah  -  huge tweezer to roll the sada roti in the fireside, so that it bakes evenly, somewhat like a bar-b-que tong. Go-tay  -  to swivel the dhal got-knee very fast to liquify the dhal. Sah-nay  -  to use fingers to mix the food thoroughly before stuffing in your mouth, especially when eating at a wedding house, dhal, rice, seven curry, and don't forget the achar! Chah-tay  -  to lick the platter clean!!, moreso your fingers after that wedding house food!!. Lickrish  -  one who is always hungry, never gets enough to eat.   Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Sat Mar 19th, 2005 02:58 am Quote Reply sugacane! u got that right!!!! Ravindra CFR Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts:  673 Mana:   Posted: Sat Mar 19th, 2005 03:00 am Quote Reply Kasikan - bad man Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 02:17 am Quote Reply ok try these... SAY-KAY TAH-ROO PHATKE (PH NOT PRONOUNCED AS 'F' BUT PWITH EMPHASIS ON H) Brickwall46kk Member   Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Queens, New York USA Posts:  8 Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 03:14 am Quote Reply OH gadd bro.i haven't heard that word in 20yrs.....thanks abidees Member Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Netherlands Posts:  35 Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 12:02 pm Quote Reply Say-kay=The second phase cooking sada-rotie,on the fire-side vertically leaning on the fire-side mouth. On the gas/electric cooker it can be done in a (dry) frying pan with a cover. Tah-Roo= The upper part in the mouth.Usually ichy when a cold starts.Bhai me Tah-Roo a prapa scratch me. Phat-ke= This word is mostly used when relating a fight or other physical contact.It's a lift and throw of your opponent. Mek me wan fu phatke am when me get vex   These words are originally hindi/urdu text. One can consider himself lucky growing up with grandparents in the late 60's and 70's.  Last edited on Sun Mar 20th, 2005 12:03 pm by abidees Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 03:06 pm Quote Reply Abidees All correct!!!!!! chk PM! jane Skeldon Member Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts:  29 Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 03:19 pm Quote Reply JaneR wrote: K i've seen that in corentyne too..but u know those folks have diff names up there...! JaneR ps nice site..im having so much fun!!! thanks for sending!!! JaneR, I thought all Guyanese knew where Courentyne was...behing god back as Ravi says.  We are from down there not up there. ps: some of the words/phrases I haven't heard in decades. Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 04:11 pm Quote Reply SKELDON!!! well, i guess "UP THERE" came naturally to me!!!! esp since i had to travel to go  "UP THERE" once a month for 8 yrs!!!!!!!!!!!!! see????  not all of us r on the same 'wavelength' as our bro., Ravi!!!  at least not in everything... right RAV!!!!!!!  HAHAAAAA!!!! lol!!!! Na(m)an Member Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Thailand Posts:  225 Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 08:41 pm Quote Reply Hi All:  No one has so far decoded "jhut-jha-way". How about:  badaratian as in u a cauze badaration chul-chul : as in u chul-chul nakabout :  as in nakabout like e na gat house basidee: as is behaving like e basidee tarah-day : as in u a lil gyal,  u baan tarah-day All you Nortre Americanos, Yankee citizens can try with those!!! Ravindra CFR Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts:  673 Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 09:18 pm Quote Reply Jane Skeldon come from behind gad back. Nah mek he humbug you! or else me go cast wan spell pan am and he gon get kokobeh, but  he can use m-and-bee or saft- grease to cure himself. LOL Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 09:25 pm Quote Reply badaratian as in u a cauze badaration.... THIS WAS A WORD USED TO DESCRIBE ME A LOT AT HOME!!!!!!!! 'DISGUSTING'....A NUISANCE!!!! BUT WAS USED IN THIS WAY...'U PRAPPA BADARATION' OR U AH WAN BADARATION PICKNEY' chul-chul : as in u chul-chul.........ANOTHER WORD USED FOR ME....MEANS FIDGETY! nakabout :  as in nakabout like e na gat house...SOMEONE WHO LOVED TO 'STRAY'...DONT LIKE TO STAY AT HOME..ALWAYS WALKING ABOUT GOING TO PLACES AND OTHER PEOPLE'S HOME... basidee: as is behaving like e basidee....'FLIGHTY'....'STUPIDY' ....NTO TOO 'RIGTH ' IN THE HEAD! tarah-day : as in u a lil gyal,  u baan tarah-day  'ONLY THE OTHER DAY'..OR NOT TOO LONG AGO.....   Last edited on Sun Mar 20th, 2005 09:26 pm by Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 09:36 pm Quote Reply SAVI SKELDON NAH HUMBUG ME....not a all!!!!!! if he does ...will let u know , bro.... and Ravi!!!!  u wrang about skeldon.......nic e place.... now , crabwood creek is the after skeldon...and i think u would understand if i say... CWC makes one think of HUBU backdam!!!........wont say anything else!!!  i think u get what ah saying...??? atleast i hope so!!! lol   skeldon  is a sml but very beautiful place ....the folks r nice too.. i spent 1 nite per month in skeldon from 82-90!!! ( 1 weekend in berbice per month, covering skeldon, port mourant and new amsterdam in 1 trip......) stayed at guysuco guest house...lovely compound...!!.....   skeldon!!!!! i know CWC is not the last village on c/tyne.. what is the name...???? Na(m)an Member Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Thailand Posts:  225 Mana:   Posted: Mon Mar 21st, 2005 09:39 am Quote Reply Jane; looks like u were very Rukshan cuz u know all those words. !! U probably made u siblinngs get bad-feelings every adah day.  But maybe dem min custum to you dall-in-up fore u left di house!!!. Well as for Jhut-Jha-way....If you ever seen 2 girls fighting, their strategy is to grab the hair of the other girl and jerk it violently, in other words Jhut-Jha-way her. Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Mon Mar 21st, 2005 06:50 pm Quote Reply w 2 much badaration!!!! hey..i never knew the word 'jhut-jha-ray' but my mom said 'jhag-jho-ray' hey..not nec 2 girls...i 've seen some mothers do that to theirgirls too!!! (notme though...!!!! i used to fight my older sis like that when i was very very sml...) yea man..me used to fight me big sis .....prappa spoil pickney u know...and me faada used to tell me sis...'if u stupid..u would mek she beat u..u ah the big wan....but the poh gyal used to feel sarry for she lil sis...she loved me 2 much to beat me back....) now we dus tell we pickney about how iused to bully and fight her but de find it hard to believe me.... becuase mom/aunty jane is such a nice and swet person...the cant imagine she being suh bad...) got them fooled huh???? man..see wha me ah seh???? me bin a waan bad pickney then!!!! not now doh..me a goodgyalnowadays..me had enough ah bad in me childhood days... and mr w!!!! dallin-up as u put it, wasnt my style....me bin   2 tom-boyish... u rem?? all the long jumps and high jumps for D house...the relays..and not forget the rounders!!!! me wud ah laas out pun all the fun .......... memba one sports day at uitvlugt centre...rain wash out the sports..but some folks had the idea that even if we only had a couple a races at the end of day..it was worth it... so we took off we shoes...and ran in all de mud.. den we come out with mud spatta-p from head to toe man!!!! tell me nah...gyals who dall-up and phothay de face...de cant have fun dis way..no way man!!! ok na(m)an... GUR-MU-SA-HA... ANOTHER WORD ME FAMILY USED TO DESCRIBE LIL JANE!!! SO LEH ME SEE IF U KNOW THIS WAN !!!!!   Na(m)an Member Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Thailand Posts:  225 Mana:   Posted: Mon Mar 21st, 2005 09:42 pm Quote Reply Jane: U gat me deh!!! i don't clearly remember the word Gur-mu-sa-ha but i think it means "stupidy" or lazy man. As for Jag-Jho-Ray, I think u r again right...or rather ur mother is. ( AH di suspect that u wouldah gat fu call the whole a Leguan to solve mi puzzle!!!) But anyway, u and Leguan r right. I have mixed 2 words: Jag-Jho-Ray and Jhat-ta-haa. Now, how about da-kho-lay and puk-ney. U have  ansah fu dem? Jane Guest   Joined:  Location:    Posts:  Mana:   Posted: Tue Mar 22nd, 2005 01:59 am Quote Reply puk-ney.. the long iron holllow tube u used to blow the fire in fireside when the fire 'out' i jhat-a- haa.. like u 'pelt' someone.. with a piece of woood.. hey ........like we had the same 'momma' or what..????? lol!!! my mom used all those words bhai!!! on me mostly!!! told u i was badaration and rukshun!! not sure about dhakolay... (???could it be dance!!! esp whenu drunk???) will leave u to guess that gurmusaha!! or someone else.... how come no one else is translating these words...??? dem too young toknow dem words or what???? c'mon someone..make thismore fun!!!! Ravindra CFR Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts:  673 Mana:   Posted: Tue Mar 22nd, 2005 07:53 pm Quote Reply Hey all Here is an idea: how about if we make a Word Table with 3 columns (A, B, C) like this: Col A       Col B                 Col C Term    Meaning          Application like this: Patke  Knack down   Me go patkeh yu. The material is here so one just has to do the cut and paste. Once you do it - i will convert to HTML and post on the site's web page. Maybe we can put it under ZGGS  under a heading "terms frquesntly used by ZGGS grads". Whatever yu all want. Just a suggestion. a lookin for a volunteer   Ravindra CFR Joined:  Wed Dec 31st, 1969 Location:  Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts:  673 Mana:   Posted: Wed Mar 23rd, 2005 12:14 am Quote Reply Sugacane that is a fantastic list. did you see my post on a table with meanings? i think we have to capture these. i have not heard them for years and to tell the truth some i never heard before. thanks.    Current time is 05:52 am Page:    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  ...