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Patwa

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Variety

Root 1

Jine up outta: brown + -ing.

Sound

  • IPA: /ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/
  • bruck up: brow‧ning

Noun

Wt/jam/browning

  1. One black woman who fa complexion nuh dark dark.[1]
    Example
    Psst! Browning! Sexy dawta! Yuh nuh hear big man a call yuh?

Said family

Haffi mention

Root 2

Jine up outta: brown + -ing.

Sound

  • IPA: /ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/
  • bruck up: brow‧ning

Noun

browning

  1. Supn weh yuh put inna food fi gi di food caramel flavour an' mek di food colour brown.[2]
    Example
    Dis waan likkle supn. Put een likkle browning.

Proof

  1. ↑ The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean (Mervyn C. Alleyne), 2002, ISBN 9789766401795, page 225
  2. ↑ Bun in the oven? (Krysta Anderson), 2019, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎
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