Meaning
One at a time, one by one, or just a few scattered ones. The reduplication of 'one' gives the sense of things coming singly or in small numbers — 'one-one people' means a few scattered people, and 'one-one coco full basket' means little by little fills the basket.
Examples
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One-one people start reach di meeting.
People started arriving at the meeting one by one.
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Only one-one mango lef pon di tree.
Only a few scattered mangoes are left on the tree.
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One-one coco full basket.
Little by little (one at a time) fills the basket.
Origin
A reduplication of 'one' — a common Patois pattern where doubling spreads the sense to 'one by one' or 'a scattered few'.
How it’s used
Means 'one at a time' or 'a scattered few'. See the proverb [[one-one-coco-full-basket]].