fambili

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• faambli

Etymology

Derived from English family.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfam.bi.li/

Noun

fambili (plural fambili dem, quantified fambili)

1. 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