Meaning
The pre-dawn small hours — the dark early morning before daylight, roughly the hours 'before day'. It is the time farmers rise for the field, higglers set off for market, and, at Carnival, revellers hit the road for the pre-dawn 'j'ouvert' street party sometimes called a 'foreday morning' jam.
Examples
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Him leave fi market inna foreday morning.
He left for market in the pre-dawn hours.
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Wi reach home a foreday morning.
We got home in the small hours before dawn.
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Di foreday morning jam start four o'clock.
The pre-dawn street party starts at four o'clock.
Origin
From 'fore-day' (before day) + 'morning'; the hours before dawn. See [[day-clean]].
How it’s used
The pre-dawn early hours; also a name for a pre-dawn Carnival street jam. See [[day-clean]].