graasapa
Jamaican Creole
editEtymology
editDerived from English grasshopper.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgraasapa (plural graasapa dem, quantified graasapa)
- locust, grasshopper
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 9:3:
- Den som sitn we luk laik graasapa kom outa di sumuok pan di ort. An dem get powa fi bait laik wen skaapiyan bait piipl.
- Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.