tallawah
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- talawa
Etymology
From English stalwart[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.laˈwa/
- Hyphenation: ta‧lla‧wah
Adjective
tallawah
- powerful, strong, tough.
- 2003, Louise Bennett, Mervyn Morris, Aunty Roachy Seh, →ISBN, page 51:
- “Dem young but dem tallawah. "Me seh, 'Yes, Aunty Roachy, dem tallawah fi true […] ”
- They're young but they're strong. "I said, 'Yes, Aunty Roachy, they're really strong […]
- Wi likkle but wi tallawah!
- We are small but we are strong!
References
- Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 546
Further reading
- tallawah – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary