uol

Jamaican Creole

Etymology 1

Derived from English old.

Adjective

uol

1. old
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 5:39:

     An nobadi, afta dem jringk uol wain, no waahn nyuu wain, kaaz dem se, 'Di uol wan beta.'

     And nobody after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, 'the old tastes good.'

Etymology 2

Derived from English hole.

Noun

uol (plural uol dem, quantified uol)

1. hole
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 9:58:

     Jiizas se tu im se, "Faks av uol an di bod dem av nes, […] "

     Jesus said unto him, "the fox has its hole, and the birds have their nests, […]

Etymology 3

Derived from English whole.

Adjective

uol

1. whole, all
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 16:24:

     Mi lov di uol a unu, an siek-a Jiizas Krais di uol a wi a wan.

     I love all of you, and because of Jesus Christ all of us are one.

Etymology 4

Derived from English hold.

Verb

uol

1. to hold
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Tesiluoniyan 2:7:

     […] Bot sumadi a uol it bak. An di wan we a uol it bak a-go gwaan uol it til im get muuv outa di wie.

     […] however he who now restrains it will continue to do so until he is out of the way.

     (literally, “ […] But someone is holding it back. And the one holding it back goes on to hold it until he gets moved out of the way.”)

Further reading

• uol at majstro.com