alaiv

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Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English alive.

Pronunciation

Adjective

alaiv

  1. alive
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 15:16:
      Kaaz ef nobadi kyaahn kom bak alaiv, den Gad neva mek Jiizas kom bak alaiv niida.
      If the dead are not raised, then Christ hasn't been raised either.
      (literally, “Because if no one (who's died) can come back alive, then God didn't make Jesus come back alive either.”)

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