krabit

Krio

Etymology

Ultimately from English crabbed, perhaps via Scottish English crabbit, although this is unlikely. Cognate with Jamaican Creole crabbit (“ferocious; greedy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krá.bît/

Adjective

krábît

1. stingy, miserly

References

• Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 199