cerfiticket

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Jamaican Creole

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English certificate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌɹ.fɪ.tɪ.kɛt/, /ˈsɝ.fɪ.tɪ.kɛt/
  • Hyphenation: cer‧fi‧ti‧cket

Noun

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cerfiticket (plural cerfiticket dem, quantified cerfiticket)

  1. certificate
    Mi a guh a RGD fi pick up mi pickney birth cerfiticket.
    I'm going to the RGD to collect my child's birth certificate.
    • 2009, Richard Koss, Giamaica (in Italian), →ISBN, page 348:
      “I giamaicani spesso invertono l'ordine delle lettere o le cambiano, dicendo per esempio flim al posto di 'film', o cerfiticket invece di 'certificate' (certificato). []
      Jamaicans often invert the order of letters or change them, saying, for example, flim instead of 'film', or cerfiticket instead of certificate []

See also

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