Meaning
A fishing boat — traditionally a dugout hollowed from a single large tree trunk (often cotton tree), and later a small wooden or fibreglass open boat — used by Jamaican fishermen to go out to sea and the reefs. The word itself is a Taíno survival, one of the oldest in the language. Along the fishing beaches, the canoes are drawn up on the sand between trips, each with its owner's name painted on the bow.
Examples
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Di fisherman push out him canoe at daybreak.
The fisherman pushed out his canoe at daybreak.
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Long time, canoe did dig out from one big tree.
Long ago, a canoe was hollowed out from one big tree.
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Di canoe dem line up pon di beach.
The canoes are lined up on the beach.
Origin
From Taíno 'kanoa'; a fisherman's dugout or small open boat — an early survival in the language. See [[fisherman]], [[fish-pot]].
How it’s used
A fisherman's dugout or small open boat; a Taíno-origin word. See [[fish-pot]], [[beach]].