krabit
Krio
editEtymology
editUltimately from English crabbed, perhaps via Scottish English crabbit, although this is unlikely. Cognate with Jamaican Creole crabbit (“ferocious; greedy”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editkrábît
References
edit- Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 199