mordara
Jamaican Creole
editEtymology
editDerived from English murderer.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmordara (plural mordara dem, quantified mordara)
- murderer, killer
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 28:4:
- Wen di piipl si se di siniek eng an pan Paal an, dem se tu wan aneda se, “Da man ya a mos wan mordara! Iivn duo im get we fram di sii, di gad we niem Jostis se im no fi liv."
- When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."