fuud

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English food.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuːd/.

Noun

fuud (plural fuud dem, quantified fuud)

1. food
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:25:

     “So mi a tel unu, no bada fret bout unu laif, a wori op unuself bout wa unu a-go iit ar jringk, ar wa unu a-go wier. Kaaz laif no muo impuotant dan fuud, iihn? An di badi no niid muo dan kluoz?

     "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Further reading

• fuud on the Jamaican Creole Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^jam
• fuud at majstro.com