Meaning
The number five — the Patois pronunciation. Beyond everyday counting, five carries meaning in the Drop Pan and Cash Pot numbers-games, where each number is tied to a traditional symbol and a dream-meaning that players read to choose their stake. 'Gimme five' greets a high-five slap of the palms, and the number turns up, like all the small numbers, in the lore of the numbers-game and in ordinary reckoning of quantity, time, and money.
Examples
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Gimme five, mi bredda!
Give me five (a high-five), my brother!
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Five a wi did deh deh.
Five of us were there.
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She play five inna di Drop Pan.
She played five in the Drop Pan game.
Origin
The Patois pronunciation of 'five'; numbers carry meanings in the Drop Pan/Cash Pot games.
How it’s used
The number five; 'gimme five' = high-five. Note the number-game role. See [[drop-pan]], [[eight]].