What does Tabanca mean in Trinidad?
What does Tabanca mean in Trinidad?
heartbreak, longing
Tabanca is a Trini word that means heartbreak, longing, missing something beyond words.
Where did the word Tabanca originate?
The word was likely originated from some of the African languages, mainly the westernmost part of West Africa, that time, it was used to build and design fortifications by Portuguese navigators in the coast of Guinea (now roughly Guinea-Bissau) in the Guinea-Bissau Creole, the word “tabanka” or “tabanca” means ” …
What does Maco mean in Trinidad?
Maco – a person who minds other people’s business for the purpose of gossip.
What does Zesser mean in Trinidad?
Defined by urbandictionary.com as a cool confident person who wears the hottest expensive brand name clothing & huge excessive jewelry, this Trinidadian slang originates from the English word ‘zest’ or ‘zesty’ which means to be appealing, appetizing, or sharp.
What does Obeah mean?
Definition of obeah : a system of belief among Black people chiefly of the British West Indies and the Guianas that is characterized by the use of magic ritual to ward off misfortune or to cause harm.
What’s the meaning of Mamaguy?
to deceive someone
In a Twitter update on Saturday August 11, Oxford listed ‘mamaguy’ as a verb, meaning ‘to deceive someone, especially with flattery or untruths’. However many Trinis may be unaware that the word is Spanish in origin, taken from the Spanish phrase ‘mamar gallo’, meaning to ‘make a monkey of’.
What does ENT mean in Trinidad?
to strongly agree with what someone
Ent is a Trinidad Slang Word expression that means to strongly agree with what someone said about something or someone. Trinidadian and Tobagonian people love to say Ent to express themselves.
What does Zess mean?
ZESS
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| ZESS | Zinc Energy Storage System |
| ZESS | Zeballos Elementary Secondary School (British Columbia, Canada) |
| ZESS | Zephyr Employee Self Service (software) |
Is Obeah legal in Jamaica?
The Act makes it illegal to be a ‘person practising Obeah’, which it defines as: ‘any person who, to effect any fraudulent or unlawful purpose, or for gain, or for the purpose of frightening any person, uses, or pretends to use any occult means, or pretends to possess any supernatural power or knowledge.
What is an Obeah Woman?
noun. A woman who practises this kind of sorcery, witchcraft, or folk medicine.
What is a Pappyshow?
pappyshow (countable and uncountable, plural pappyshows) Alternative spelling of poppy show. (Caribbean, Jamaica, countable) A fool, a buffoon. (Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable) mockery, ridicule.
How do you use Mamaguy in a sentence?
Try to deceive (someone), especially with flattery or untruths. ‘don’t try to mamaguy me at all! ‘ ‘If you are talking about my activities as a politician, social worker or as a lawyer, I don’t believe in mamaguying people.
