mordara

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Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English murderer.

Pronunciation

Noun

mordara (plural mordara dem, quantified mordara)

  1. murderer, killer
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 28:4:
      Wen di piipl si se di siniek eng an pan Paal an, dem se tu wan aneda se, “Da man ya a mos wan mordara! Iivn duo im get we fram di sii, di gad we niem Jostis se im no fi liv."
      When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."