sofarieshan
Jamaican Creole
editEtymology
editDerived from English suffer + -ation.
Noun
editsofarieshan (plural sofarieshan dem, quantified sofarieshan)
- suffering, sufferance, trial by fire
- 1982, Tapper Zukie (lyrics and music), “Raggy Joey Boy”:
- Dong in di geto we mi baan an gruo / sofarieshan we mi riili nuo / mi mama lok di duo mi afi sliip outaduo / mi duohn av no bed mi afi sliip on di fluo / sofarieshan we mi nuo
- Down in the ghetto where I was born and raised / I know what sufferance is / my mama locked the door and I had to sleep outdoors / I had no bed I had to sleep on the floor / I know what sufferance is
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 12:50:
- Bot mi afi go chuu som siiros sofarieshan, an mi aat evi til it don!
- But I have to go through some serious suffering first, and my heart is heavy until it is done!
- 2018, Carolyn Cooper, “Two crocodile, one belly”, in Jamaica Gleaner[1]:
- Dat miin se di Centre a go du nof wok fi mek shuor se wi no figet bout wi ischri an di sofarieshan we wi lang-taim piipl dem go chruu iina slievri diez.
- That means that the Centre will make sure that we don't forget our history and the suffering our ancestors went through during slavery.
Descendants
edit- English:
- English: sufferation
Further reading
edit- sofarieshan at majstro.com