forty leg

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Jamaican Creole

FWOTD – 17 February 2021
forty leg

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Etymology

Some centipedes literally appear to have forty legs. Compare Hindi चालीसपद (cālīspad), Turkish kırkayak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːtɪ ˌlɛɡ/
  • Hyphenation: for‧ty‧leg
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Noun

forty leg (plural forty leg dem, quantified forty leg)

  1. A centipede. A segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda.
    If forty leg bite yuh, yuh fenneh.
    If a centipede bites you, you'll be in a lot of pain.
    • 2018, Michael Abrahams, “Stop spread propaganda pon di dread”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎ (in English):
      “Me seh fi stop spread propaganda pon di dread
      Cause di dread nuh have nuh forty-leg inna him head […] ”
      I'm asking you to stop spreading propaganda about the Rastaman
      Because the Rastaman doesn't have centipedes in his hair
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