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coconut milk

Liquid produced after squeezing and pressing grated coconut meat with water

con ki

A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spic

conkie

A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spic

cook

The act of going to the river or beach and spending the day cooking, drinking and relaxing.

cookup rice

A one-pot mixture of peas and rice, cooked with meat

cool down

Commercially produced drinks or juice packaged in plastic bags.

coolie

A person of East Indian ancestry. Most Caribbean people of East Indian descent can trace their roots back to indentured workers imported by the Britis

cornmeal porridge

A breakfast porridge made with cornmeal as a primary ingredient. It may also include milk, coconut milk, sugar, and spices like nutmeg, cinnamon and v

cowitch

Any of several species of stinging nettle plants. Contact with human skin causes great discomfort.

crapo

A frog or toad

cumfa

A ritual ceremony involving dance and drumming to summon spirits which then possess the participants.

cunumunu

Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person

curry

Cooked vegetables

cut ass

A beating

cut eye

An insulting gesture where one person catches the eyes or gaze of another then turns her eyes and gaze away in an exaggerated motion

cut tail

A beating

cutex

Nail Polish

cutlass

Machete. A large flat bladed knife used for agricultural and utilitarian purposes. It is often the weapon of choice for violent encounters.

dabu

A ladle commonly used to serve dhal

dai dai

A short, squat forest spirit that protects treasures of gold.

dangles

A promiscuous woman.

dash weh

To throw away or discard something “Dash weh dat old phone.”

dasheen

Taro - plant used primarily for its edible root and leaves.

de wid

To be in a relationship with

destroyer

Insecticide coils burnt to repel mosquitos

dhal

A preparation of pulses (dried beans) or yellow peas which have been stripped of their outer hulls and split.

dhal ghoutni

Small utensil used to puree dhal at the end of the cooking process.

dhalpouri

A roti with a stuffing of ground yellow split peas (dhal), cumin (geera), garlic and pepper. The split peas are boiled until they are tender crisp and

doe doe

To sleep

dotish

Stupid.