fambili

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

faambli

Etymology

Derived from English family.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfam.bi.li/

Noun

fambili (plural fambili dem, quantified fambili)

family, relative
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 18:26:
  Di sumadi uufa iez Piita did chap aaf, did a fambili wid wan a di liida fi di priis dem sorvant dem. Ier im tu Piita, “No yu mi si wid im iina di gyaadn?”
  One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"

Further reading

fambily at JamaicanPatwah.com
fambili at majstro.com
faambli on the Jamaican Creole Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^jam

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