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youte

Small child

youth man

A young person, usually male

yoyo

Ziziphus Mauritania; A small round berry about 3/4 inches in diameter. The fruit is green and turns yellow as it ripens. Ripe fruit may occasionally d

yu affi tek bad ting mek joke

Sometimes all you can do is laugh and make the best of a bad situation

Yu can' plant yam and reap eddoe

Your reward or punishment is in line with your actions

Yu cyaa ride cow an cuss cow kin

You shouldn't criticise those on whom you depend.

yu cyaa siddung pan cow back and cuss cow kin

You shouldn't criticise those on whom you depend.

yu dun know

You know what I mean.

Yu neva si pop gun kill alligator

Don't expect success if you set someone a task that is beyond their ability

Yu nu know how parson get him gown.

Don't envy the success of others when you don't know what it cost.

Yu shake man han, yu nu shake him heart

It's impossible to tell what a person is thinking or feeling.

yu spread yu bed haad, yu affi liddung pan it hard

You have to live with the consequences of your actions

yuck

To make a hard, sharp turn.

yuck up vexation

To harass or bother

Yuh borrow money, i mek enemy

Debt always comes between friends and family

Yuh caan stan in de road an sih de leak in somebody else house

Unless you're close to someone you don't know the true nature of their problems

yurrie

Tasteless and watery

yuyubo

Ziziphus Mauritania; A small round berry about 3/4 inches in diameter. The fruit is green and turns yellow as it ripens. Ripe fruit may occasionally d

zaboca

Avocado. Edible pear shaped or round fruit with an egg shaped seed. The flesh is green on the outside and turns yellow closer to the seed.

zae

A spider

Zafè kabrit pa zafè mouton.

The goat's business is not the sheep's business. Focus on your own affairs instead of the affairs of others.

zaman

The tree and fruit of Terminalia catappa. It is a large tree (up to 115ft in height), often grown for ornamental purposes and the shade provided by it

zamy

A lesbian.

zanana

Pineapple - a tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, named for resemblance to the pine cone.

zangee

The marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus) is an eel like freshwater fish.

zanman

The tree and fruit of Terminalia catappa. It is a large tree (up to 115ft in height), often grown for ornamental purposes and the shade provided by it

zapote

Round, oblate, ovaloid, ellipsoidal, or conical fruit varying in size from 2 to 4 in (5-10 cm) in width. The immature fruit is hard and has a sandpape

zeen

Used to indicate "i understand" or "got it".

zegeleg

Very thin; skinny; malnourished

zemi

Arawak spirits of the dead