cerfiticket

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• cerfiticate, certificate

Etymology

From English certificate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɹ.fɪ.tɪ.kɛt/, /ˈsɝ.fɪ.tɪ.kɛt/
• Hyphenation: cer‧fi‧ti‧cket

Noun

cerfiticket (plural cerfiticket dem, quantified cerfiticket)

1. certificate

   Mi a guh a RGD fi pick up mi pickney birth cerfiticket.

   I'm going to the RGD to collect my child's birth certificate.

   • 2009, Richard Koss, Giamaica (in Italian), →ISBN, page 348:

     “I giamaicani spesso invertono l'ordine delle lettere o le cambiano, dicendo per esempio flim al posto di 'film', o cerfiticket invece di 'certificate' (certificato). […] ”

     Jamaicans often invert the order of letters or change them, saying, for example, flim instead of 'film', or cerfiticket instead of certificate […]

See also

• flim