Meaning
Eventually; someday; sooner or later. The reduplication stretches the sense of 'one day' into a patient certainty that a thing will come to pass in its own time. It rings out in the proverb 'one day one day, congotay' and 'one day one day monkey want wife' — meaning every course of action meets its reckoning in the end.
Examples
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One day one day mi ago build mi own house.
Someday I'm going to build my own house.
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One day one day di truth ago come out.
Sooner or later the truth will come out.
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One day one day, congotay.
Every wrong meets its day of reckoning eventually.
Origin
Reduplication of 'one day' for patient certainty; embedded in Jamaican proverb ('congotay'). See [[soon-come]], [[just-now]].
How it’s used
'Eventually / someday'; carries proverbial certainty of a reckoning. See [[soon-come]], [[just-now]].