Meaning
Sweaty — drenched in sweat, as after hard work or in the blazing 'sun hot'. The Patois pronunciation of 'sweaty', with the vowel opened right out, it names the sticky, soaked state of a body in the heat. In a hot climate where labour, walking, and a crowded bus all bring on the sweat, coming home 'swaaty' at the end of a day is an everyday complaint, and the word does the plain work of 'sweaty', in the broad, open-vowelled form ordinary Jamaican speech gives it, naming the honest sweat of heat and toil.
Examples
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Mi come home swaaty after di long walk.
I came home sweaty after the long walk.
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Di work hard, everybody swaaty.
The work is hard, everyone's sweaty.
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Di bus pack an swaaty inna di heat.
The bus was packed and sweaty in the heat.
Origin
The Patois pronunciation of 'sweaty', with the vowel opened to 'swaa'.
How it’s used
Means 'sweaty'. Tied to the tropical heat ('sun hot'). See [[sun-hot]], [[bade]].