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pandit

Hindu holy man

pannist

One who plays the steelpans.

papaw

A torpedo, oval, or pear shaped fruit. The fruit bears on a large leafed tree up to 10m tall. When green, it is cooked as if a vegetable. The flesh co

parang

Music played during Christmas time, with a lot of Spanish influences

paratha roti

A roti made with butter, usually ghee. Oil is rubbed on both sides, then it is cooked on a tawah. This gives the roti a crisp outside. When it almost

parsad

A sweet dessert made from flour and cream of wheat.

parson

The White-lined Tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Costa Rica south to northern Argentina, and on Trini

pastelle

A dish consisting of mixed meat stewed with capers, olives, raisins and prunes, wrapped in cornmeal, then wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and boi

pawi

This species is found only in Trinidad; it is close to extinction. This is a medium-sized cracid, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance t

payme

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

peewah

Fruit of the Bactris gasipaes which is a species of palm native to the tropical forests of South and Central America. The fruit is a drupe with edible

pelau

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

peltin

To dance in a sexually explicit or suggestive manner

peltin waist

To dance

penny piece

This is the fruit of a medium to evergreen tree, endemic of the Antilles with a wide canopy of big, oval leaves. Its wood is hard, firm, strong and ve

peong

A person obsessed with something

phagwa

Holi is a major Hindu festival also known as the Festival of Colours.

pholourie

Savoury fritter made from seasoned split pea flour. Traditionally served with chutney.

picka

Thorn. A sharp protrusion grown on a plant.

picknie

Child or children

pimento

A banana-shaped pepper that changes from pale to deep yellow or orange as they mature.

pipe

Take; steal

piper clark

An inexpensive rubber slipper

pitch oil

The Greyish Saltator, it is 20 cm long and weighs 52 g. The plumage depends on age and subspecies, but in general this bird has grey or greyish-olive

planass

To beat someone with the broad side of a cutlass

plantain bird

The Yellow Oriole, it is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae. Yellow Oriole breeds in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, th

play mas

To participate in a parade, float, or troupe during Carnival.

pois doux

Inga edulis (eng. ice-cream-bean) is a fruit native to South America. The pods contain black seeds which are embedded in a thick white juicy pulp that

pokey

The vagina. The female sexual organ.

pomerac

Syzygium malaccense is a species of flowering tree native to tropical parts of Asia; It has been introduced throughout the Caribbean. The trees produ