peenie wallie

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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːnɪ ˈwɑːlɪ/
  • Hyphenation: pee‧nie‧wa‧llie

Noun

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peenie wallie (plural peenie wallie dem, quantified peenie wallie)

  1. A firefly. A nocturnal beetle that emits a flashing light.
    Synonyms: blinkie, abuja
    What a way di peenie wallie dem pretty a night time.
    It's so lovely to see the fireflies at night.
    • 2010, Jennifer M. Keane-Dawes, Dear Jamaica: Expressions of Indigenous Knowledge, →ISBN, page 9:
      “Den now, when night come, everybaddy bungle up pon de porch inna di darkness. Wid peenie wallie a flash like when matches hard fe light. []
      And so, when it got dark, everyone huddled together on the porch in the darkness, with fireflies blinking like a match which you're having trouble lighting. []