Meaning
The blazing heat of the sun; a scorching hot day. 'Di sun hot' means the sun is beating down and it is very hot out, and 'sun-hot' also names the hottest part of the day, the fierce midday when it is best to keep in the shade and rest from work. In a tropical land where the sun rules the rhythm of labour and rest, the phrase is an everyday reckoning with the heat, and to work through the 'sun-hot' is to labour at the punishing peak of the day.
Examples
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Di sun hot bad today, stay inna di shade.
The sun is blazing today, stay in the shade.
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Mi nuh want walk inna di sun-hot.
I don't want to walk in the scorching midday heat.
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Dry di clothes while di sun hot.
Dry the clothes while the sun is strong.
Origin
A direct Patois construction — 'sun hot' (the sun is hot) — used both as a statement and as a noun for the heat of the day.
How it’s used
Both 'it's hot/sunny' and the hottest part of the day. Appears in the proverb 'aiz-haad pickney bun a sun hot'.