Nanny goat

noun NAN-ni goat

A nanny goat — a female goat, kept for milk, kids, and eventually meat, and a familiar sight tethered on the roadside verge. She stars in the well-known proverb 'wah sweet nanny goat a go run him belly' — what tastes sweet to the goat will upset its stomach; present pleasure brings later trouble.

  • Di nanny goat have two kid.

    The nanny goat has two kids.

  • Wah sweet nanny goat a go run him belly.

    What is sweet to the nanny goat will run its belly.

    A proverb: pleasure now, trouble later.

'nanny' + 'goat' = female goat. See [[wah-sweet-nanny-goat]], [[goat-head-soup]].

A female goat; central to the 'wah sweet nanny goat' proverb.