Jamaican

See also: jamaican

English

Etymology

From Jamaica +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jə-mā'kən, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Noun

Jamaican (plural Jamaicans)

1. A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
2. The Jamaican creole language.
3. Jamaican English.

Synonyms

• (creole language): Jamaican Creole, Jamaican Patois, Patois, patois, Patwa

Hypernyms

• (person of Jamaican descent): person
• (creole language): creole, creole language (Creole language)
• (English): English

Derived terms

• Jafaican
• Jamerican

Translations

person of Jamaican descent

• Arabic: جامايكي m, جامايكية f
• Bulgarian: ямаец m (jamaec), ямайка f (jamajka), ямайци pl (jamajci)
• Catalan: jamaicà (ca) m, jamaicana (ca) f
• Czech: Jamajčan (cs) m
• Danish: jamaicaner c
• Dutch: Jamaicaan (nl) m, Jamaicaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: jamaikano
• Finnish: jamaikalainen (fi)
• French: Jamaïquain (fr) m, Jamaïcain (fr) m, Jamaïquaine (fr) f
• Galician: xamaicano (gl) m, xamaicana f
• German: Jamaikaner (de) m, Jamaikanerin (de) f
• Greek: Τζαμαϊκανός (el) m (Tzamaïkanós), Τζαμαϊκανή (el) f (Tzamaïkaní)
• Ido: Jamaikano (io)
• Irish: Iamácach m
• Italian: giamaicano (it) m, giamaicana f
• Jamaican Creole: Jamaican, Jumiekan
• Manx: Jamaicagh m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jamaicaner (no) m, jamaikaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: jamaican (nn) m, jamaicanar (nn) m, jamaikan (nn) m, jamaikanar (nn) m

• Polish: Jamajczyk (pl) m, Jamajka (pl) f
• Portuguese: jamaicano (pt) m
• Romanian: jamaican (ro) m, jamaicană (ro) f
• Russian: яма́ец (ru) m (jamájec), жи́тель Яма́йки m (žítelʹ Jamájki), жи́тельница Яма́йки f (žítelʹnica Jamájki)
• Serbo-Croatian: Jamajčanin (sh) m, Jamajčanka f
• Spanish: jamaicano (es) m, jamaicana f, jamaiquino (es) m
• Swahili: Mjamaika (sw)
• Swedish: jamaican (sv) m, jamaicanska (sv) f
• Turkish: Jamaikalı (tr)

creole language

• Arabic: كَرِيُولِيَّة جَامَايْكِيَّة (kariyūliyya(t) jāmāykiyya), اَلبَاتْوَا الْجَامَايْكِيَّة (al-bātwā l-jāmāykiyya)
• French: créole jamaïcain (fr) m
• Galician: crioulo xamaicano m
• German: Jamaika-Kreolisch (de) n, Jamaika-Kreol n
• Jamaican Creole: Patwa, Jumiekan, Jumiekan Kryuol
• Portuguese: crioulo jamaicano (pt) m
• Spanish: criollo jamaiquino m

English

• Jamaican Creole: Jamaican English, Jumiekan Ingglish

Adjective

Jamaican (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language.

Derived terms

• Jamaicanize
  • Jamaicanization
• Jamaicanness
• Jamaican apple
• Jamaican blind snake
• Jamaican dollar
• Jamaican patty
• Jamaican time
• Jamaican vomiting sickness
• Jamaican spindalis (Spindalis nigricephala)

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language

• Bulgarian: ямайски m pl (jamajski)
• Catalan: jamaicà (ca)
• Czech: jamajský (cs)
• Danish: jamaicansk
• Finnish: jamaikalainen (fi)
• French: jamaïquain (fr), jamaïcain (fr)
• Galician: xamaicano (gl)
• German: jamaikanisch (de)
• Greek: τζαμαϊκανός (tzamaïkanós)
• Ido: Jamaikana
• Irish: Iamácach
• Italian: giamaicano (it)
• Jamaican Creole: Jumiekan
• Latin: Jamaicensis
• Manx: Jamaicagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jamaicansk, jamaikansk

  Nynorsk: jamaicansk (nn), jamaikansk (nn)

• Polish: jamajski (pl) m
• Portuguese: jamaicano (pt)
• Romanian: jamaican (ro)
• Russian: яма́йский (ru) (jamájskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: jamajkanski
• Spanish: jamaicano (es), jamaiquino (es)
• Swahili: Kijamaika
• Swedish: jamaicansk (sv)
• Ukrainian: яма́йський (uk) (jamájsʹkyj)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Jamaican Creole English, jam ⁠

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• Jamiekan, Jumiekan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːkan/, /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːkan/
• Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧can

Adjective

Jamaican

1. Jamaican

   A normal Jamaican ting dat.

   That's a normal Jamaican thing.

   • 2019, Zalika Reid-Benta, Frying Plantain: Longlisted for the Giller Prize 2019 (in English), →ISBN:

     “ […] Yuh sure yuh a Jamaican gyal? […] ”

     […] Girl, are you sure you're Jamaican? […]

Noun

Jamaican (plural Jamaican dem, quantified Jamaican)

1. Jamaican

   Mi haffi tell unnu dat mi a Jamaican.

   I must say (to you all) that I'm a Jamaican.

   • 2005, Mervyn Morris, Making West Indian Literature (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 80:

     “ […] 'nutten eena di world nuh sweet like when fi mi Jamaican dem go fi spoke […] ”

     […] nothing in the world is better than when Jamaicans attempt to speak eloquently […]

Related terms

• Jamaica

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 311