prekeh
Jamaican Creole
FWOTD – 2 December 2020
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pereque.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛˌkɛ/
- Hyphenation: pre‧keh
Audio (JAM) (file)
Noun
prekeh
- confusion, scandal, trouble
- Synonym: mix-up
- 2017, Miss Kitty, “Hell, fire and bangarang”, in The Jamaica Star, archived from the original on 17 October 2020, retrieved 16 October 2020:
- “What a prekeh! Bangarang time again inna Jamaica! Unuh know seh when election inna di air, tingz nuh normal! […] ”
- What a scandal! It's controversy time once again in Jamaica! You all know that when it's election season, nothing is normal! […]
- What a prekeh! Yuh nuh hear wah gwaan dung deh?
- What a scandal! Haven't you heard what's happening over there?
See also
- bangarang
References
- Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 453