Meaning
Water — the Patois pronunciation of 'water', with the vowel opened out. It runs through everyday life and proverb alike: coconut 'waata' to drink, river 'waata' to bathe, and sayings such as 'wen waata throw weh it cyaa pick up' (what's done can't be undone). The River Mumma guards the source.
Examples
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Drink some waata, yuh look thirsty.
Drink some water, you look thirsty.
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Di pipe waata lock off again.
The tap water is cut off again.
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Coconut waata sweet an cool.
Coconut water is sweet and cool.
Origin
The Patois pronunciation of 'water' (vowel opened, final 'r' → 'a').
How it’s used
Water; central to life and proverb. See [[wen-water-throw-weh-it-cyaa-pick-up]], [[river-mumma]], [[coconut]].