Meaning
Food, cooked or ground provisions — but in Patois it stretches beyond the plate. 'A food' means a meal, and 'nyam a food' is to eat one; but 'ends' and 'eat a food' also mean earning a living, a share, a livelihood. To 'look a food' can be to look for work or income. The word carries the weight of survival as much as of the dinner table.
Examples
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Come mek wi go nyam a food.
Come let's go and eat a meal.
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Every man haffi eat a food.
Every man has to earn a living.
'eat a food' = make a living.
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Di food ready pon di stove.
The food is ready on the stove.
Origin
From English 'food'; extended to mean livelihood. See [[bickle]], [[nyam]], [[eat-a-food]].
How it’s used
Literal food/a meal; figuratively a livelihood or share ('eat a food').