Meaning
A thorn, prickle, or spine — the sharp spikes on bushes, cactus, and thorny trees, or one lodged in your foot. 'Mi buck mi foot pon a macca' means you jabbed your foot on a thorn. 'Macca' also names thorny plants generally, and appears in the proverb 'when yuh plant macca, yuh cyaan reap rose' — bad deeds bring bad returns.
Examples
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Mi step pon a macca an it juk mi foot.
I stepped on a thorn and it pricked my foot.
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Di whole fence cover wid macca.
The whole fence is covered with thorns.
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Careful, dat bush full a macca.
Careful, that bush is full of thorns.
Origin
Of African origin ('makka'); a thorn or prickle, and thorny plants. See [[cow-itch]], [[juk]].
How it’s used
A thorn/prickle, or a thorny plant; 'juk pon a macca' = pricked by a thorn. See [[juk]], [[cow-itch]].