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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrʷoːlɪn ˈkʲɑːf/
- Hyphenation: Ro‧lling‧Calf
Proper noun
Rolling Calf
- a calf demon with fiery eyes which makes its presence known by rattling chains
As a yute, mi cousin dem use fi tell me nuh fi guh a bush a night-time, for Rolling Calf deh a bush.- When I was little, my cousins used to tell me not to enter the forest at night, because the calf demon was there.
2020, Simone Morgan-Lindo, “Woman believes demons killed her granddaughter”, in The Jamaica Star (in English):“And hear this - fi months nuhbaddy nuh walk back desso, because as far as they were concern - a rolling calf was on the loose […] ”- Now hear this - nobody went there again for months, because as far as they were concerned, a calf demon was on the loose
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