Patois Crossword

Mini · Easy · No. 470:00

Patois Crossword: Mini · Easy · No. 47

An easy mini Patois crossword with 8 clues. Every answer is a real Jamaican Patois word from the dictionary, and each links to its entry when you finish. Easy: The most familiar words. Meanings come with a category, every word starts with its first letter filled in, and you can check and reveal.

Across

  1. 1 Grammar & Function Words: Marks location and existence — roughly 'there', 'is at', or 'to be somewhere' (3)
  2. 2 Rastafari & Iyaric: A Rastafari word of affirmation and greeting meaning 'heights' — spiritual heights, joy, and unity (4)
  3. 4 People & Relationships: One's grandmother — and, very often in Jamaican life, the family elder (6)
  4. 5 Places & Directions: The wealthier, more affluent parts of Kingston (6)
  5. 7 Places & Directions: The porch or covered gallery running along the front or side of a Jamaican house — the shady, open-air spot (8)

Down

  1. 1 Places & Directions: The old commercial heart of Kingston near the waterfront — busy markets, street vending, and hard working-class life (8)
  2. 3 Food & Drink: The prized reef fish — especially the ____ (7)
  3. 6 Food & Drink: To eat — especially to eat heartily, hungrily, or greedily (4)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric. When you finish, each answer shows its meaning, its pronunciation and an example sentence.

The number in brackets after a clue is the length of the answer, and (3,5) means two words of three and five letters, typed with no space. Patois has no single spelling, so if you type another spelling the dictionary records, it counts.

More to play

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