Liquid produced after squeezing and pressing grated coconut meat with water

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 spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.

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 spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.

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

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

Commercially produced drinks or juice packaged in plastic bags.

A person of East Indian ancestry. Most Caribbean people of East Indian descent can trace their roots back to indentured workers imported by the British in the 19th century after the abolition of slavery.

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

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

A frog or toad

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

Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person

Cooked vegetables

A beating

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

A beating

Nail Polish

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

A ladle commonly used to serve dhal

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

A promiscuous woman.

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

To be in a relationship with

Insecticide coils burnt to repel mosquitos

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

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

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 then ground in a mill. The cumin is toasted until black and also ground. The stuffing is pushed into the roti dough, and sealed. When rolled flat, the filling is distributed within the roti. It is cooked on the tawah and rubbed with oil for ease of cooking.

To sleep

Stupid.

Person of mixed African and East Indian ancestry