Meaning
The donkey — long the workhorse of rural Jamaica, carrying produce, water, and people, and hauling loads to and from market. Patient, hardy, and sure-footed on the steep country tracks, the donkey was for generations the small farmer's most valued beast of burden, and it remains a familiar sight in the countryside. It figures deeply in proverbs, songs, and everyday sayings ('every day yuh goad donkey, one day him kick yuh'), a humble but essential animal woven into the whole fabric of old-time farm and market life.
Examples
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Di farmer load up di donkey wid banana.
The farmer loaded up the donkey with bananas.
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Dem ride di donkey go a market.
They rode the donkey to market.
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Di donkey bray inna di mawnin.
The donkey brayed in the morning.
Origin
The common donkey, a central working animal of rural Jamaica since colonial times; also called 'jackass'.
How it’s used
The working farm animal; 'jackass' is the same animal and also an insult. See [[jackass]].