laaf
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Jamaican Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
laaf
- to laugh, to ridicule
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 9:24:
- im se tu dem se, “Di uol a unu kum out! Kum out! Di pikni no ded; a sliip shi a sliip.” An di piipl dem staat laaf aafa im.
- he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him.
- 2015, The Open Grammar Project, A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican[1]:
- Im a laaf afta wi.
- He is laughing at us.
Further reading[edit]
- laaf at majstro.com