kluoz
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Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kluoz
- clothes, garment
- Synonym: kloudin
- 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 25:
- Evribadi av di rait tu a kwaliti a laif we gud inof fi di elt an welnes (welbiin) a imself an im fambili, dis miin se dem fi av fuud, kluoz, ous, an elt kier, an di sorvis dem we dem niid ina sosaiyati, an di rait fi get govament sopuot ef dem no av no wok, if dem sik, if dem disiebl (av speshal niidz ar andikyap), uman uufa ozban ded an man uufa waif ded, uol iej ar smadi we no av no saat a pie ar moni a kom iin ina wan sityuwieshan we dem no av no kanchruol ova
- Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 5:36:
- Den Jiizas tel dem se, “Nobadi no tier nyuu kluoz fi pach op uol kluoz, kaaz di pach fram di nyuu wan naa go mach di uol wan.
- He also told them a parable: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 9:21:
- Shi did a se tu arself se, "Ef a kuda onggl toch im kluoz, mi wi get beta."
- She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:25:
- “So mi a tel unu, no bada fret bout unu laif, a wori op unuself bout wa unu a-go iit ar jringk, ar wa unu a-go wier. Kaaz laif no muo impuotant dan fuud, iihn? An di badi no niid muo dan kluoz?
- "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Further reading
[edit]- kluoz at majstro.com