Antigua & Barbuda
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Grenada
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Trinidad & Tobago
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US Virgin Islands
noun
Ghost or spirit of a dead person or animal
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Grenada
adjective
Messed up.
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Grenada
verb
unreliable
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10 comments
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
paquing
11 years ago

In Trinidad at least, it is spelt 'jumbie.'

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
eyeman
10 years ago

it is a demonic spirit not actually the dead person

Jamaica
Jamaica
10 years ago

In Jamaica we call them "Duppy"

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Ryan Ashby
9 years ago

In Barbados we say "Duppy" to mean a ghost or dead person

Guyana
Guyana
Belna
8 years ago

Jumbie = Zombie

Bahamas
Bahamas
JSullivan
8 years ago

Don tink bout da jumbey (Don't think about the ghost)

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bobzy
7 years ago

Jumbie derive from the word zumba - ghost or spirit

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Hi
7 years ago

"The Jumbies" is a book that takes place in that area.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bobby
2 years ago

do not talk with the jumbee

Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua & Barbuda
🤨
2 years ago

Jumbie is more of a malicious spirit than the ghost of a dead person/ animal. If it’s supernatural and has bad intentions that’s a jumbie right there