Meaning
The satisfied fullness of a good meal — having eaten your fill — and, more broadly, the security of having enough to eat. To have your 'belly full' is to be content and provided for, and much Jamaican talk of hard times and good times turns on whether the belly is full or empty. 'Belly' is simply the everyday word for the stomach in Patois, carrying none of the coarseness it can have elsewhere, so the phrase stays plain and homely.
Examples
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Mi belly full now, mi cyaan manage no more.
My stomach is full now, I can't manage any more.
No copula is used before the adjective 'full'; the structure is simply 'mi belly full'.
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When belly full, everything sweet.
When your stomach is full, everything is pleasant.
Proverbial usage linking a full stomach to overall well-being.
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Nuff pickney inna di worl nuh have dem belly full.
Many children in the world don't have enough to eat.
'nuff' means many/plenty; here 'belly full' signals adequate nourishment.
Origin
From English 'belly' and 'full', but retained as a fixed Patois expression where standard English would prefer 'full up' or 'stuffed'.
How it’s used
Everyday and unremarkable. 'Belly' is the ordinary word for stomach in Patois and carries none of the coarseness it can have in British English.