Meaning
'Leave me (alone)' — a sharp brush-off telling someone to back off and stop troubling you. 'Lef mi' or 'lef mi alone' can be weary or angry depending on the heat behind it. Stronger cousins push further into 'gweh' (go away) and 'tek weh yuhself' (take yourself off). A blunt boundary line.
Examples
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Lef mi, mi nuh inna no argument.
Leave me alone — I'm not in any argument.
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Lef mi alone, man!
Leave me alone, man!
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Tell dem fi lef mi.
Tell them to leave me alone.
Origin
'lef' (leave) + 'mi' (me). See [[gweh]], [[tek-weh-yuhself]].
How it’s used
'leave me alone'; a brush-off, milder than [[gweh]] but firm.