tallawah

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms
  • talawa

Etymology

From English stalwart[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ta.laˈwa/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧lla‧wah

Adjective

tallawah

  1. powerful, strong, tough.
    • 2003, Louise Bennett, ‎Mervyn Morris, Aunty Roachy Seh, →ISBN, page 51:
      “Dem young but dem tallawah. "Me seh, 'Yes, Aunty Roachy, dem tallawah fi true […] ”
      They're young but they're strong. "I said, 'Yes, Aunty Roachy, they're really strong […]
    Wi likkle but wi tallawah!
    We are small but we are strong!

References
  1. Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 546

Further reading
  • tallawah – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
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