JAMAICA DICTIONARY: N

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 N. If you don't see a term, tell us and we'll put it up.

natty dread: someone with dreadlocks. A Rastafarian

nex: next

niyabingi: rastafarian gathering. Also the name of a Rastafarian order.

nyam: to eat eagarly or greedily

nying-i-nying: to nag

nuh: not, don't

nuh true?: isn't it true?

nuhwhey: nowhere

nuff : plenty

numba : number

nuttin:nothing

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