forty leg
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Jamaican Creole[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Some centipedes literally appear to have forty legs. Compare Hindi चालीसपद (cālīspad), Turkish kırkayak.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
forty leg (plural forty leg dem, quantified forty leg)
- A centipede. A segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda.
- If forty leg bite yuh, yuh fenneh.
- If a centipede bites you, you'll be in a lot of pain.
- 2018, Michael Abrahams, “Stop spread propaganda pon di dread”, in The Jamaica Gleaner[1] (in English):
- “Me seh fi stop spread propaganda pon di dread
Cause di dread nuh have nuh forty-leg inna him head […] ”- I'm asking you to stop spreading propaganda about the Rastaman
Because the Rastaman doesn't have centipedes in his hair […]
- I'm asking you to stop spreading propaganda about the Rastaman