anuh

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• a no, a nuh

Etymology

Compound of a (“am/is/are/was/were”) +‎ nuh (“not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanʌ/
• Hyphenation: a‧nuh

Verb

anuh

1. Am not; is not; are not; was not; were not.

   A: A me tell yuh fi dweet? B: Anuh yuh but mi know seh a dat yuh woulda seh.

   A: Did I tell you to do it? B: No, it wasn't you, but I knew that's what you would say.

   • 2021 January 5, Shereita Grizzle, “Bellyful Of Laughter At ‘Comedy Cook-Up’”, in Jamaica Gleaner‎^[1]:

     Can you imagine if technology never out and COVID come in, anuh the virus woulda kill we innu, just the fact dat yuh nah see nobody, hear from nobody alone woulda kill we.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)