Meaning
Tears — literally the water of the eye. 'Eye-water run dung har face' means tears ran down her face. It appears in tender and sorrowful talk, and in the proverb-like saying that some people can shed 'crocodile eye-water' — false tears — to get sympathy.
Examples
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Di eye-water juss a run dung him face.
The tears just ran down his face.
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She bawl till she nuh have no more eye-water.
She cried until she had no more tears.
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A pure crocodile eye-water dat.
Those are pure crocodile tears.
Origin
From 'eye' + 'water', a transparent Patois compound for tears. See [[cry-cry]], [[bawl]].
How it’s used
Tears; 'crocodile eye-water' = false tears. See [[cry-cry]], [[bawl]].